I grew up in Sacramento, California, where I attended an underperforming high school. I still remember my summer between my freshman and sophomore year, unsure of where I would be attending school, as my school was going to be shut down due to the performance. Luckily, our school was reopened as a charter school. While I had a great experience in high school, I did not feel prepared for college. I attended University of California, Davis, and I struggled as a student. I had to work extra hard as a college student because I was underprepared for the workload of college. In college, I decided that I wanted to work in the education field. My passion for working in the education field came from my experiences as a first-generation immigrant student, my experience in high school and college, and the work I did throughout college, where I helped high school student apply for colleges.
I moved to Kansas City in 2012, and continued my work in education, first as an afterschool coordinator, where I ran an afterschool program at one of our
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I am also in my second year of serving as our school’s Science Content Leader. My first year as the Science Content Lead was focused on bringing in more science instruction into the school. Through my experience in teaching science, I have noticed that many times science is not taught in the lower grades. Science and Social Studies are two courses that are usually not taught, since they are not tested in the lower grades. The only time science is tested. is in 5th grade, so a lot of pressure falls on the 5th grade teacher, as they must spend a lot of time reteaching topics that should have been taught in the lower grades. Many teachers in the lower levels focus more on math and language arts, and leave little to no room for science. Currently, I am working with my school administration to offer support and support for our lower grade teachers to make sure science also becomes a