Some people don't just teach — they show up fully, every single day, as the same person inside and outside the classroom. This week, across the table, we welcome Ms. Roxanne Hurtado, a middle school reading teacher whose life and work are inseparable. A lifelong reader turned educator, she shares how a journalism degree, a father's quiet nudge, and a refusal to give up on a single student shaped a 12-year teaching career built on relationships, resilience, and authenticity.

It's a conversation about the long game — the patience it takes to plant seeds you may not see bloom for years, the humility students teach you when you least expect it, and the quiet power of showing up for people who aren't ready for you yet. Plus, her father's enduring advice: “En cada cabeza es un mundo” — in every head, there is a world.

Across the Table is a San Benito Schools production.

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