"In a portable classroom on the Santa Clara Adult Education campus, Abraham Leza prepares to teach his weekly class just after the Friday lunch hour. He pulls on a black T-shirt embossed with a drawing of a boombox before placing a gold chain around his neck. He makes his way to the head of the classroom, where atop a desk sits a turntable plugged into a laptop, and begins scratching out a beat as students file in."
"Leza, 42, has long dreamed of becoming a professional DJ he likes the technical aspect of it and during those Friday classes he gets to transform from his usual role as a student at the Independence Network into a teacher who gets to share his passion with his fellow classmates. A part of Santa Clara Unified School District's adult education program, the Independence Network for the last three decades has catered to individuals with a wide range of intellectual and developmental disabilities"
Abraham Leza leads a weekly music and DJ class at the Independence Network, transforming from student to teacher while using turntables, a laptop and disco lights to engage classmates. The Independence Network, part of Santa Clara Unified School District's adult education, has served people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for about three decades and offers life skills and vocational classes like cooking, sewing and adaptive fitness. In October 2024 the program launched an initiative allowing students to teach classes based on personal interests, with offerings including K-Pop, candle making and football. The program is soliciting donations through Wish Book for supplies.
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