Alanna Melendez, K2 inclusion teacher at the Patrick J. Kennedy School in East Boston.

In this episode, we meet Alanna Melendez, K2 inclusion teacher at the Patrick J. Kennedy School in East Boston. It’s a cold March day when impending snow and the recent shooting in Parkland, Florida are in everyone’s thoughts. Alanna talks about her mother’s influence on her decision to become a teacher, about her determined efforts to meet students where they are and about fostering those leaps of understanding, she calls light bulb moments!