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Francesca is a career educator who has worked in several capacities in her career. As a high school math teacher, she feel in love with helping all students, but in particular students of color, see themselves as mathematicians. When she became a Vice Principal, she became connected to school-wide systems which impact students. She lead several data driven initiatives to improve attendance, test scores, and student satisfaction. During her tenure as a teacher and vice principal, Francesca worked as a curriculum developer, education consultant, and graduate school instructor for Education Law. After earning a masters in Mathematics Education, a masters in Educational Leadership, Francesca decides to earn her PhD in Mathematics Education with an emphasis on school leadership and school change. As the co-founder of EduC.A.N, Francesca hopes to use her experience to support teachers, schools, superintendents, students, and policy makers with student-centered decision-making that promotes students to be their most authentic and successful selves.
ABOUT
Me
If you were to ask me 15 years ago, if I wanted to be a US History teacher, I would have laughed and probably be offended at the idea. I was never interested in American history because its contents were seemingly irrelevant, disengaging, boring and unimportant. It wasn’t until my first year at UCSD where to took a class wherein I first heard the phrase “model minority,” first understood systematic oppressions that history created and fueled, and for the first time I felt represented and valued in the American storyline. The veil of white dominant culture was lifted and underneath the vibrant, intricate, beautiful, sad, and eclectic stories of minorities were uncovered. I felt a new sense of purpose to be a high school history teacher who would expose her students to the multicultural, socio-economic, and racial layers that is US History. Fast forward 15 years laters and this very experience is what strengthens and motivates me to continuously seek improvement as an equity driven educator and as a proud female, Asian-American US History educator. As a school leader, mentor, and teacher, I have seen how equity takes shape and exists in a variety of classrooms and would love to support new teachers in cementing an empowering pedagogical core: one driven thru the lens of equity. My evolving vision is that equity is a standard and that teachers become the political tool to drive schools to act as equalizers. EduC.A.N is our platform to encourage teachers that they can do this work and I would love to help.