Hi! My name is Ysabela.

As an educator, I am fully committed to the continuous development of student growth, learning and well-being. I envision my future classroom as learning environment that is not only a classroom, but a makerspace that encourages students to actively participate in their own learning through experiential learning, draw important connections from their academic learning to their communities outside the classroom and build upon relevant skills that helps them become critical thinkers. I understand that each student enters the classroom with their own intersectional identities, learning needs, lived experiences and stories that add to the growing diversity of our classrooms. As an educator, it is my responsibility to address my own biases and privileges within the classroom, as well as the power and privileges in our society for those who have been experiencing oppression. To counter this, I want to build a transformative space that empowers the diversity of my students' voice, cultures and identities that exists in my classroom.

Above all, I aim to cultivate a brave space of growth and love where students are actively engaged in meaningful learning to further develop their own voice, confidence, creativity and skills to prepare them for life beyond the classroom. To accomplish this, I will continue building meaningful relationships with my students to better understand their learning needs, goals and skills. I will challenge my students to think critically about the things they encounter in the world, to be courageous to face uncertainties, and uplift one another as I journey with them to understand what it means to live a beautiful and meaningful life. I will continue working diligently to further my professional development across my career through ongoing investigation, inquiry and expanding my knowledge as an educator.