Q & A
Describe your first day of teaching.
I was terrified, simply stated. I didn’t know exactly what I needed to know to serve my students but I knew that I was willing to work as hard as I could to learn and be the best educator possible. At the end of that first day, I was exhausted, but I knew we could do amazing things in my classroom.
How do you use the skills you developed while in the corps?
As a principal, I am constantly making decisions as they relate to our school’s mission. The corps experience taught me to be strategic while always keeping my values at the forefront.
When you think back to your time in the corps, what surprised you most about your experience?
I was surprised how self-aware I became during the corps. As a person of color, I thought serving people who ‘looked like me’ would be seamless. The corps taught me how diverse people are and how experiences shape us. I put a mirror up to myself and explored my bias, and learned to be reflective in a way that I could identify and correct myself.