Latinx

Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles are scaring families away from school, and the new year hasn’t even started yet.

My community—the Latinx community—is the fastest-growing population in the U.S, accounting for 52% of growth in the last decade. Latinx students currently

The kids are vaxxed and in school, so why do I still feel so hopeless? 600-some days ago, the world shut down and my kids came home for what I was sure wou

On the last day of third grade, all my classmates and I huddled onto a carpet much too small for children of our size, waiting for our teachers for the nex

During my freshman-year orientation in college, in the fall of 1997, several people asked me if I knew Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the queen of Tejano music.

Twenty-one months have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency. With a new school year underway, the United States (U.S.) publ

Throughout my 20 year career in Houston, I have fought for Latino parents and caregivers to be considered equal members of their local school systems and t

I started my teaching career teaching music. I’d been a professional musician for a decade—performing, touring and recording jazz and Latin music. With som

The only way to implement something well is through trial and error. In 2017, I proposed to my principal that teachers should adapt to trauma-informed educ