What inspires someone to leave a successful engineering career to pursue a passion for teaching elementary math? For Marwa El Askary, it was a combination of her love for children, […] Read more: From Engineer to Educator: Marwa El Askary’s Path to Teaching Elementary Math
When Ayoko Vias lost her project management job due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she never imagined it would be the beginning of a completely new professional journey. Even though she […] Read more: “So Many People Invested in Me”: Ayoko Vias’ Journey to Teaching
“I think I rely more than anything else on my can-do attitude and my optimism, and the idea that these challenges exist and we can we can look at them […] Read more: Teaching for a Better World with Freeman Poritz
Linda Suarez’s path to becoming a full-time high school teacher may not seem conventional at first glance. She spent 15 years as a licensed early childhood educator, spending time as […] Read more: Linda Suarez’s Journey from Long-Term Sub to Permanent Spanish Teacher
Marya Djalal was just trying to volunteer for an after-school program. She was a reporter for the Gettysburg Times in Pennsylvania, and the community had a program called Harvesting Friendships. […] Read more: ‘Falling in Love with Teaching’: From Moreland Candidate to Moreland Instructor
James Hessler was reading the classifieds when he saw an opening for a long-term French sub. He was working for a nonprofit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and had never even […] Read more: Teaching Can ‘Prepare You for Anything’
Jenny Benda spent years convincing herself she wasn’t cut out to be a teacher. Her first try was right out of high school, when she enrolled as an education major […] Read more: Overcoming Fear: Alaska Teacher Realizes Lifelong Dream
By the time she decided to become a teacher, Darla Evans-Hall was practically a veteran with Clayton County Public Schools in Georgia. She’d spent a decade working for the district, […] Read more: ‘Don’t Stop. Keep Going’: Georgia Teacher Finds New Purpose in Special Education Classroom
This was Lea Strampp’s path to teaching: Step 1: Start a band. Strampp’s initial goal was to be a touring musician, and she played lead guitar in an all-girl rock […] Read more: From Rock Musician to Teacher: North Carolina Educator finds Purpose, Passion in Classroom