Primary School Educator

As a first generation college student from an immigrant family residing in the low income community of South El Monte, Jesús Mendoza defied the odds of young Chicanos accessing and graduating from a 4 year institution. He earned a Bachelor of Science...

Sue Demko is a physical education teacher at the San Diego School District. During her first years she taught as an elementary teacher in kindergarten and fifth grade, and has since transitioned into teaching middle school PE. The school Demko is teaching...

Dr. Michael Vea is a Senior Director at the San Diego Unified School District, co-leading the design of California’s first-of-its-kind prenatal-to-12th grade public Montessori School in San Diego’s Logan Heights community. He began his career in education...

Amy Grab has worked in urban education her entire career. Throughout her 22 years in the Harrisburg School District, Amy has served as a classroom teacher for both 5th and 6th grades, a reading specialist, and a mentor. Recently Amy accepted the position...

My name is PJ Miller. I have worked with teachers and students of the Harrisburg School District for over six year. In that time, I have been a 3rd grade classroom teacher, elementary math interventionist, and elementary instruction coach. I have recently...

Tanya leads professional staff developers supporting schools in the areas of assistive technology, autism, inclusive practices, MTSS academics and behavior, and secondary transition. She is also the regional Level 2 School Climate Coach and a School...

Shelly Burr, Ed.D. is a Training and Consultation Coordinator at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. In this role, she focuses on supporting school districts with the implementation of Multi-Tiered System of Supports, specifically in mathematics. Shelly...

Carrie Frohnapfel, Ed.D., is an IDEA Training and Consultation Coordinator for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Her areas of concentration include supporting schools and districts as a School-wide Facilitator in the PA PBS Network, as well as work on the...

Carissa Noel is an educational consultant who provides support to school district leaders and educators across Berks County, Pennsylvania. She specializes in facilitating school climate improvement processes as well as providing mentoring support to...

Douglas Miller has been in education for the past 15 years and was a software engineer previous to that. He taught middle and high school math, was a Math Coach at the elementary level, and was a high school administrator. He is currently the Director of...