I am passionate about Catholic Education for its excellence in academics and its current initiatives like immersion/dual language programs as is the case in my school. I am a practicing Catholic and am very grateful for Catholic education and the religious, spiritual formation and values that it provides children while supporting families. I am also passionate, supportive, and thankful to be a part of Catholic education for its advocacy for all children and families including the marginalized.

I am grateful to be a part of LEAD and become a fellow as it is an opportunity to become both informed and empowered for my personal and professional development as a person and as an educator. Being a LEAD fellow means I can continue growing in order to better serve my students, school, and community.

Mother Teresa has always inspired me but more recently through reading and a film, I have become inspired by Saint Martin de Porres who suffered great discrimination due to the color of his skin, but nonetheless was loving and faithful to God and to his people through his service and his simplicity.