Thank you, @aplusfcu, for funding this exciting project for our junior high EB newcomers this school year. I’m truly grateful that your education foundation sees the value in the literacy work we do for our EB population. Can’t wait to get started!

Last ESL Academy before the 26-27 SY is complete! Another great cohort of @LockhartISD educators (content, electives, & CTE) who grounded themselves in language-learning theory, engaged in EB classroom practices themselves, & built community among their peers. #LockedOnExcellence

Grateful to spend the week in Cleveland with this year’s @ncte Early Career Educator of Color cohort. Together, we shared ideas, built community, and refined research & planning that will shape more just & humanizing literacy practices. I can’t wait to see these projects grow. – at Cleveland, OH

Our 3-Day June #ESLAcademy at @LockhartISD welcomed a diverse group of dedicated educators from across the district. We built community, made classroom connections, and grew in knowledge about the research, practice and advocacy of language learning. @region13

So grateful 4 mis colegas. We share a deep ❤️ in serving EB youth & their communities. This work can feel heavy some days, but we always lead w/what’s best for the children. & w/that, I know we will keep pushing forward—corazón grounded—and continue the work. ❤️

Our ESL JH-EBs ‘lit up’ about books&the authors who create them. EBs proudly shared who they are +where they’re from—reminding us literacy can be a mirror, window, & door for & of us. Mil gracias 2 the Tomás Rivera Book Award & Lockhart JH GearUp 4 sponsoring this memorable trip!

Grateful for the opportunity, time, and community to gather and encourage our multilingual learners to believe and show their growth in language! Thank you @lockhartpridehs for inviting us! 🦁❤️

I love seeing, celebrating, and being a part of the support and love for our Multilingual learners! ❤️🫶🏽

I’ve been so inspired by Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance and how much it celebrated our language, identity, and culture that I couldn’t help but make my own version of the powerful opening: “¡Qué rico es ser Latino!” ➡️ “¡Qué rico es ser multilingüe!

It’s always a joy to celebrate the work our teachers and EBs students do everyday. Today we honor our @Lockhart_JH-EB Case Manager teachers and their EB students who have been diligently preparing in advisory class for TELPAS testing. #QuéRicoEsSerMultilingüe

Day 1 of #ESLAcademy with dedicated teachers of @LockhartISD. I love being in community with our educators—where we center our content and language experience with a lens for making language-learning more comprehensible for our EB (and all) students! @region13

Grateful to be part of this literary community at @ncte—dreaming with educators who believe in literacy, equity, and possibility for every child. The work is hard, but the conversations, collaboration, and courage to dream together matter. #LockhartLeading

I made it to the @ncte convention in Denver, Colorado. Grateful to this literary community of dreamers and educators. We are rich in our dreams (and passion projects) for education, and we’re ready to share our love of literacy with you!

Another year attending the @ncte convention. This year in Denver! I’m pumped to present alongside @eva_goins & Anna on behalf of the Middle Level section. This convention has so many exciting literary events & rejuvenating sessions w/ incredible educators in this field!

Grateful for the opportunity&community to share how wonderful& integral it is to work alongside Multilingual youth. Looking forward to sharing how the Writer’s Workshop empowers EBs&connects community @ ‘What’s Working for English Learners’ Conference @Seidlitz_Ed @heartoftexaswp

For October, we want to recognize Ms. Mays, Ms. Reyes, & Ms. Sims as #LinguisticLockstars—for supporting, encouraging, & uplifting our Emergent Bilingual students at LJH. They truly are essential to the LJH village! @ljhsISD #LISDProud