When I was a child, I did not see myself reflected or represented in the classroom, curriculum, media, or community where I grew up. I am the cisgender daughter of a lower middle-class, second generation Mexican-American mother and a Caucasian father who grew up in a predominately white community. As a child, I was sensitive Read the full article…
Together, We Benefit — Four ways that you benefit from volunteering.
I fondly remember making tissue paper flowers as a child for our local community Mexican Fiesta. My small hands delicately pulled the tissue paper toward the center. The thin, colorful sheets crinkled as they separated. The flat, fan-folded stacks transformed into three-dimensional vibrant, fluffy domes. After we carefully constructed dozens of colorful tissue paper flowers, Read the full article…
Three Reasons Music Education is Beneficial – And Fun!
For the first six months that I played the flute, I nearly passed out every time. It hadn’t quite clicked for fifth-grade me that you didn’t need to take enormous breaths between each and every quarter note. I would stumble out of the band room in a fog, wondering if I was ever going to Read the full article…
Crucial Connectedness
This past year was wild. The un-expectancy of a worldwide quarantine along with all of the unfortunate circumstances and repercussions left us all affected and jaded in some way. My concern is mostly for our kids and the mark that this shift left on them. Over the course of the year, I listened to our Read the full article…