Title IX Coordinator and Compliance Director, SMART Cheerleading coach and all-round incredible human Gloria Arvizo, somehow found time in her day to sit down with me and talk excellence, showing up for our students, bringing adventure to new challenges and figure-skating!

Join us and get inspired!

Join me as I chat with Smart's College Access team and the FIVE incredible Posse Scholarship recipients! We talk post-secondary dreams and fears, moving out of state and what supporting our students as individuals really means.

PLUS! as an extra bonus, you get seven book recommendations!

Rigor + Love Episode 4
I sat down at Noel with ELD teacher Lauren Hoylman-Ramos and 8th Grade student Diego to talk about showing excellence, what makes a good teacher and of course what we are reading!

To find out more about Noel's excellent work with ELD students, please reach out to Lauren Hoylman-Ramos at [email protected]

Join me as I talk with Federal's incredible APO, Lupe Duarte. We talk RMP family engagement, driving the attendance goal and what it means to love your community.

To find out more about Federal's exceptional work, please reach out to Lupe at [email protected].

Join me at RMP Sunnyside as I chat with the indomitable Alyssa Montaño about perseverance, her passions, the success she's seeing and the challenges she's faced.

Check out the data analysis document Alyssa references here, and feel free to reach out to her at
[email protected].

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cyj1c-T7QGsp1fvtrpdIDYqviagBBnXs5LaI-6bGsQQ/edit?usp=sharing

Let's celebrate the great achievements happening in our schools!

Get ready- a new BIG FIVE are coming!

Tricia is back- and live from the ASU+GSV conference!

In praise of great educators, excited scholars who are reading and great materials for all scholars. 

Tricia reflects on the stories our lives can tell.