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Alternative Pathways
2022 New Mexico Teacher of the Year Lorynn Guerrero kicks off Season 3 as the new host. She sits down with two charter school leaders to talk about how we can meet the...
Bueno Bye! From 2021 TOY Alisa Cooper de Uribe
Bearded dragons! Butterflies! In this episode, Alisa Cooper de Uribe closes out Season 2 with reflections on the year and a call to action for connection, advocacy, an...
Lorynn Guerrero, 2022 NM Teacher of the Year
Lorynn Guerrero, the 2022 New Mexico Teacher of the Year, is an English Language Arts and GRADS teacher at The New America School, a public charter high school in Las...
N.M. Teacher Leader Aimee Parra
Aimee Parra was an elementary school educator, teaching kindergarten at Mesilla Elementary in Las Cruces Public Schools, and since the recording of this episode, has s...
Community Leader: Gloria Ruiz
Gloria, Director of Community Affairs for the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, speaks to the variety of ways that community and education can positively intersect, ...
Rep. Andrés Romero, Education Leader
Representative G. Andrés Romero is an educator, legislator, and connected community member. He teaches history at Atrisco Heritage Academy High School in his native So...
N.M. Teacher Leader Otilio Ruiz
Welcome to our first episode in Spanish! Otilio Ruiz is at the forefront of connecting whole-child learning with language immersion education. Originally from the stat...
Teacher Leader Mary Jean Habermann Lopez
Mary Jean Habermann López has been a key player in uplifting the field of bilingual education in New Mexico. Her experience as a bilingual classroom teacher, school ad...
NMTOY Alisa Cooper de Uribe
Meet Alisa Cooper de Uribe, the 2021 New Mexico Teacher of the Year. Alisa is a first grade bilingual teacher at the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque. Ge...
N.M. Leader Jen Chavez-Miller
Jen Chavez-Miller, a New Mexico teacher for 23 years, was named as the 2020 National Geographic Teacher of the Year. Now a teacher of teachers, she talks about the imp...
N.M. Leader Rafe Martinez
Get a front row seat to some pretty amazing things happening at the Albuquerque Sign Language Academy. From SEL frameworks and university partnerships across the count...
Lt. Governor Howie Morales
Lt. Gov. Howie Morales is well-versed on the ins and outs of a classroom, as his professional career started out in teaching. He spent 15 years in the teaching profess...
Secretary of Education Ryan Stewart
New Mexico Secretary of Education Dr. Ryan Stewart shares his teacher story and how he took a sharp turn toward education late in his time at Stanford University. He t...
N.M. Teacher Leader Andrea Thomas
Andrea Thomas, third grade teacher at Ojo Amarillo Elementary, describes her experience of growing up on the Navajo Reservation and why that lured her to return and gi...
N.M. Teacher Leaders Deb Minyard & Ashley Niman
Our Back to School Episode features two New Mexico teacher leaders sharing their strategies for online learning and communication. Deb Minyard, NBCT, is a music teache...
Community Spotlight: Ryan Flynn, NMOGA
This community spotlight episode focuses on how our civic leaders can help support education in New Mexico. Ryan Flynn, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association Executive Di...
N.M. Teacher Leader David Morales
David Morales, the 2016 New Mexico Teacher of the Year, shares his inspiring life story that brought him into a Las Cruces classroom. He talks about the teachers who i...
N.M. Teacher Leader Melanie Alfaro
Melanie Alfaro is a Milken Award winner and is a member of the New Mexico State University Basketball Hall of Fame. She is a math specialist in Deming Schools, leading...
N.M. Teacher Leader Kelly Pearce
Lincoln Middle School teacher Kelly Pearce talks about how her time abroad has had an impact on her Rio Rancho classes that include Media Literacy and Pre-Avid. She wi...
N.M. Teacher Leader Greg Butz
In this episode, we talk with Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School's Greg Butz. He shares his "awakening to social-emotional learning" and how he goes about creatin...
N.M. Teacher Leader Joe Dan Lovato
New Mexico Teacher of the Year Mandi Torrez interviews Albuquerque teacher and professional musician Joe Dan Lovato, a 2018 N.M. Teacher of the Year Finalist and Teach...