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Hispanic Heritage Month

These leaders are creating a more diverse, inclusive teaching force.

Are you teacher material?

In Honor of Hispanic, Latinx & Chicanx Educators

Learn from Yuridiana Lewis, Concepción Camargo, Edgar Palacios, Jorge Luis Armenta, Juan Espinosa, Dr. Madeline Negrón and Nancy Bernardino, whose inspiring journeys and insights are helping create a more diverse and inclusive teaching force nationwide.

A Connected Vision

Yuridiana Lewis

Yuridiana Lewis emigrated from Mexico as a young child and experienced first-hand the social and academic challenges of English Language Learners. Years later, when she met other young immigrant students, she saw the powerful impact she could have in the classroom.

Yuri's Ripple Effect

Moving Forward with Your Community

Juan Espinosa

Juan Espinosa shares how he prepares his students for life-long learning—and how he found fulfillment in his career as a teacher.

Hint: It starts with sparking curiosity, teaching life-long lessons and taking the time to listen.

Embracing a Bicultural Identity

Miranda Tocoranti

Fort Worth teacher Miranda Tacoronti helps her students understand the power in their bilingual backgrounds.

What happens in the classroom doesn't always stay in the classroom.

Your Guide to Hispanic Heritage Month

Teacher with students celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

For Hispanic Heritage Month, get a step-by-step plan for celebrating with students, from understanding the history of this annual event to improving inclusivity in the classroom.

Carmen Maciel, a kindergarten teacher at Uplift Lee Primary, has it queued up just for you.

Latinx Representation in the Classroom

Teacher in green calls on student

Edgar Palacios knows that there need to be more Latinx educators in the U.S. to build trust and create environments where students of color can be their authentic selves. 

Here's why he established a nonprofit dedicated to supporting representation in the classroom. 

When Equity Matters

Madeline Negron

As a leader in education, the rewards for considering socioeconomic status when developing programs come in the tens of thousands.

What career can you think of with that kind of opportunity for impact?

Mentoring English Language Learners

Concepción Camargo

First year teacher, Concepción Camargo, shares what made her first year as a bilingual educator meaningful and rewarding.

When you're a role model, you might make mistakes, but you can still help your students overcome obstacles.

Seeing It Through

Nancy Bernardino

Nancy Bernardino was the first person in her family to graduate college. She also happened to found Solar Prep, a choice-school in Dallas, and is currently working on her EdD.

Discover how mentorship and building a network brought her here.

Join the Campaign

The more people who understand the challenges and opportunities for Hispanic, Latinx and Chicanx educators, the better. We're making it easy to make an impact:

  1. Share this page with friends and family. (The share buttons make it especially easy, but copying and pasting the URL has never been too hard, either.)
  2. Tell us on social media how you're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
  3. Follow @TEACHorg on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to discover more stories and ways to get involved.

Together, we can improve education for everybody. Thank you for joining the movement!

Quiz: Could You Teach?