My guest this week is Air Gallegos, Director of Student Programs and Curriculum. A beautiful young women with amazing talents and abilities. Enjoy the conversation.

Air Gallegos began her career as a middle school English teacher at Strive Preparatory Schools in Denver, Colorado. She lived in Denver for five years and served as a member of a curriculum design team and as a cultural responsive teaching lead, where she dedicated her energy to bringing culturally responsive teaching methods into classrooms. In 2014, she transitioned to Smart High School where she continued teaching literature to 9th-11th grade students as well as serving her school as an instructional coach and professional development lead. She is trained in non-violent communication, stress resilience, culturally responsive teaching and has worked as a social justice advocate within education for the last ten years.

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My guest this week is Air Gallegos, Director of Student Programs and Curriculum. In 2014, she transitioned to Smart High School where she continued teaching literature to 9th-11th grade students as well as serving her school as an instructional coach and professional development lead. She is trained in non-violent communication, stress resilience, culturally responsive teaching and has worked as a social justice advocate within education for the last ten years. 

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I am thrilled and honored to introduce you to Akhtari Alam, a women full of life and amazing experiences that an average person might not be able to imagine. Her journey of migration from Asian Sub-continent to the nation of immigrants has heart wrenching ebb and flows. I had the privilege to speak with her in Urdu, you can use the caption to convert it into Urdu where ever it is available.

Akhtari Alam did her MS from Dacca University,East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ) in microbiology with top position. She came to USA in the end of 1970. Worked at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston in microbiology department for over 43 years. She worked for last 23 years as lead person in Mycology, which included routine mycology and teaching technologists and interns. Alam Has done many workshops in mycology. Retired four years ago and enjoying it very much.

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I am thrilled and honored to introduce you to Madame Akhtari Alam, a women full of life, amazing experiences that an average person might not be able to imagine.

Akhtari Alam did her MS in microbiology with top position. She came to USA in the end of 1970. Worked at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston in microbiology department for over 43 years. Alam Has done many workshops in mycology. Retired four years ago and enjoying it very much.

http://votedilara.com/about-dilara/

Special Edition of Lightupwithshua Podcast. Dilara Sayeed's Elections are on March 20th, 2018 and would like to introduce her to all my listeners. Please spread the word. Thank you!

Dilara's very first memories are of playing double-dutch and hopscotch on the playground, and her graduation from the Head Start preschool program for low-income children in Chicago. She is a product of Chicago Public Schools and a Catholic high school. These experiences have fueled Dilara's ambition for equity, high quality, and accountability for all our residents – youth and adults, especially in vulnerable and developing communities.

• Adjunct professor at Northwestern University and teaches school leadership.
• Tech entrepreneur and founder of vPeer, an online virtual mentoring platform that focuses on accessible and effective professional mentoring for all, especially women, professionals-of-color, and those from low-income communities.
• Fulbright Specialist in Education and Technology.
• As an eighth grade teacher for over a decade, she focused on race and pluralism issues in the United States.
• As Chief Education Officer at the Golden Apple Foundation, she led strategy and execution of all programming.

NOTE: Hope you will enjoy my conversation with Dilara. It is a SKYPE interview and there were some audio challenges but I still wanted to share her amazing energetic energy and s

http://votedilara.com/

Special Edition of Lightupwithshua Podcast. Dilara Sayeed's Elections are on March 20th, 2018 and would like to introduce her to all my listeners. Please spread the word. Thank you!

She is a product of Chicago Public Schools and a Catholic high school. These experiences have fueled Dilara’s ambition for equity, high quality, and accountability for all our residents – youth and adults, especially in vulnerable and developing communities.

http://votedilara.com/about-dilara/

Special Edition of Lightupwithshua Podcast. Dilara Sayeed's Elections are on March 20th, 2018 and would like to introduce her to all my listeners. Please spread the word. Thank you!

Dilara's very first memories are of playing double-dutch and hopscotch on the playground, and her graduation from the Head Start preschool program for low-income children in Chicago. She is a product of Chicago Public Schools and a Catholic high school. These experiences have fueled Dilara's ambition for equity, high quality, and accountability for all our residents – youth and adults, especially in vulnerable and developing communities.

• Adjunct professor at Northwestern University and teaches school leadership.
• Tech entrepreneur and founder of vPeer, an online virtual mentoring platform that focuses on accessible and effective professional mentoring for all, especially women, professionals-of-color, and those from low-income communities.
• Fulbright Specialist in Education and Technology.
• As an eighth grade teacher for over a decade, she focused on race and pluralism issues in the United States.
• As Chief Education Officer at the Golden Apple Foundation, she led strategy and execution of all programming.

NOTE: Hope you will enjoy my conversation with Dilara. It is a SKYPE interview and there were some audio challenges but I still wanted to share her amazing energetic energy and spirit to you all.

tp://votedilara.com/about-dilara/

Special Edition of Lightupwithshua Podcast. Dilara Sayeed's Elections are on March 20th, 2018 and would like to introduce her to all my listeners. Please spread the word. Thank you!

She is a product of Chicago Public Schools and a Catholic high school. These experiences have fueled Dilara’s ambition for equity, high quality, and accountability for all our residents – youth and adults, especially in vulnerable and developing communities.

My guest this week was born and brought up in Chicago, a child of immigrant parents.

Asif Masood has a Masters Degree in Transformational Leadership and Coaching. He has been learning and teaching social / emotional intelligence skills for the past five years. He is part of the Interfaith group at MCC and recently lead an Interfaith trip to Houston to help rebuild. He is a Principal Architect by trade.

My guest this week was born and brought up in Chicago, a child of immigrant parents.

Asif Masood has a Masters Degree in Transformational Leadership and Coaching. He has been learning and teaching social / emotional intelligence skills for the past five years. He is part of the Interfaith group at MCC and recently lead an Interfaith trip to Houston to help rebuild. He is a Principal Architect by trade.