Hi, I'm Victoria! I'm an educator and public historian from San Antonio, TX, but currently living and working in Austin, TX. I've been teaching middle school social studies since the Fall of 2019, and am in my third year teaching 6th grade World Cultures at a single-gender public charter school.

My curriculum covers geography, culture, and foundational social studies skills. Many of my TEKS involve vertically aligned skills that spiral up into other grade levels, while the main focus of the class is educating students on the various cultures and societies of our contemporary world. Overall, I treat my class as a foundation for my students and aim to prepare them to feel comfortable using social studies skills, vocabulary, and writing strategies.

Over the last several school years, in conjunction with my work as a graduate student, I have focused my professional growth on integrating public history pedagogies, project-based assessments, research projects, and formulaic writing strategies.

Three main themes are central to the project objectives: the importance of funds of knowledge, the notion that small instructional changes can lead to significant curricular differences, and a focus on teaching public history methods.