Jessica Pena-Manalo is an elementary school music teacher in Seattle's South Park neighborhood.

They're also a change agent.

Pena-Manalo's students are learning everything from cultural identity to how to collaborate successfully, through the lens of making art.

Vivian Phillips and Marcie Sillman talk with Pena-Manalo about the teacher's dedication to students, to social justice, and above all, to art.

NOTE: Jessica Pena Manalo uses they/them pronouns. In Vivian and Marcie's discussion, Pena Manalo is erroneously referred to as "she."