"And the awards. A $10,000 travel grant from Fund for Teachers for a summer learning Spanish in the Dominican Republic. A $30,000 leadership grant that allowed a team of other accomplished teachers and me to hold a culturally responsive teaching conference. An award from the U.S. Department of Education for our same team to hold another conference, this one focused on quality writing instruction."
"My most public recognition of all came from Lady Gaga. Her Born This Way Foundation awarded me $5,000 to fund a mental health project I had submitted. In the application, I wrote about the need for this work to support my students in coping with all the stressors of leaving their home countries and starting their lives over in the United States. I used the money for supplies to integrate the arts with social and emotional learning."
Grants funded professional learning, leadership initiatives, and conferences focused on Spanish language study, culturally responsive teaching, and quality writing instruction. Student-centered projects included ten field trips and a published neighborhood guide produced with nonprofit support and a congressional foreword. Project-based instruction led to improved state exam results, showcased classrooms, accelerated ESL exits, full scholarships to competitive summer programs, and many graduates of four-year colleges. A $5,000 award from the Born This Way Foundation financed arts-integrated social-emotional learning supplies to help students cope with immigration-related stressors and support mental health.
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