Natalia Benjamin, EdS, NBCT, MNTOY21

Mil gracias @luisfitch por los posters y la oportunidad de platicar sobre el poder que tiene el arte para expresar mensajes. Mucho gusto de conocerlo también @gustavoliragarcia #urbanartvillage #eastlakestreet #immigrantvoices #communityart

So appreciative of @mrjohnsonpaints for sharing his art with educators so they can share community’s hero’s stories through representative art. @colorwheelmpls #freeposters for teachers

Thank you @colorwheelmpls for opening your doors to educators and supporting them with supplies!

Gracias @soymariellarivera por invitarme a tu programa de Historias & Huellas! Fue un gran honor! Y aún más poder haber visto a mi compatriota Rosa, una líder impactante en nuestra comunidad latina en Minnesota.

Michelle and I had the amazing opportunity to write an article for @langmag.bsky.social on Liberatory Learning through the Language of Identity, Language of Access. Thank you @corwinpress.bsky.social and Dan at Language Magazine for working with us!

A few weeks ago, we hosted the Ethnic Studies Symposium and Summit through a collaboration between the MN Ethnic Studies Coalition and UMN RIDGS Center. Educators came together to learn & network with e/o to provide Ss with liberatory learning experiences in schools. Blessed to know these people!

The Oro de Copa brought us together to a stadium to watch a soccer game, but what unites us is our deep commitment to freedom for all. The National bird, a Quetzal is a symbol of freedom, and as a People, we believe in liberation and justice for all. #SiSePuede means more than you know. Pa’Delante!

We are fueled by dreams and reach our goals to make things better around us. As a Minnesota Teacher of the Year, I am proud to represent the education field, the community that’s open their arms to me, and my country of origin. #ImmigrantsAreNotTheProblem

I am a #ProudImmigrant and #CommunityMember striving to make a difference every day.

I come from a small but might country that’s suffered colonization and imperialistic domination. And even with that, my people are deeply loyal, hardworking, and resilient beyond measure.

Thank you Isa and Monet for inviting me to present with you on Rochester Public Schools work to normalize multilingualism through Translanguaging. #COMPASSInstitute

📸Sara-Louise and Justine

It’s not everyday that you reunite with your beloved sisters. We worked together a few years back as teacher organizers. Today, Sabrina organized Multilingual Excellence Awards with LatinoLEAD and partners. Congratulations Gisela on your award. Your words moved me deeply! 🤎🖤❤️✊🏽

Come and join RPS and an amazing team of teachers in the Multilingual Learning Department! Posting for a districtwide instructional Facilitator in our department closed in a week.

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Meet Rochester Public Schools teachers who joined the latest portfolio cohort for PELSB Heritage Language Teachers to obtain their licensure. So happy to learn from each other!

I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC

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Join me in giving a shoutout to the JM ML staff and students that came to #SCL4E 2025 and presented what they’ve been working on in their Literacy classes!

Posted with permission. @educationevolving.bsky.social
#multilinguallearners

What a fun day of learning with amazing educators! A space where our youth led and presented alongside adults #SCL4E

It was so inspiring to hear from everyone how the theme “The Stories We Carry & The Future We Create” comes to life. Thanks @educationevolving.bsky.social for making it all happen!

It was so fun to meet some of our incoming Kindergarten families and students at the @RPS Kindergarten Kick Off! #multilinguallearning

So inspiring to learn about the journey to launch the new Karen language program in SPPS.

And always a joy to listen to dear teachers like Ethalow present about their work.

Bilingual education teacher know what it takes to do it all from scratch! #languagerevitalization #multilingualism #MinnABE

Thanks Ethalow for capturing this candid moment! The first #MinnABE conference was a great space to connect to bilingual education work taking place across the state.

So fun to share practical classroom applications that foster language development while centering students in learning. #LILAbook

So fun to attend the first MinnABE conference with this talented group of bilingual education teachers from the Rochester Public Schools Spanish Immersion program! Lots of connections to best practices and an opportunity to network with other bilingual education professionals.

Three Steps to Support Students’ Language Skills Development - Corwin Connect Explore effective strategies for supporting students' language skills while nurturing their cultural identities.

What does it take to truly support students' language skills development? Criticality, cultural relevance, & authentic tasks.

Find tips on how to implement these practices in your classroom in @mntoy21.bsky.social's blog 👉 ow.ly/y1MB50VtaAv

#CorwinConnect #MLs

Shoutout to our amazing Rochester Poet Laureate and her students who read from the recently published Latino Anthology. Thanks Minnesota Humanities Center for organizing this event! Thanks you Rochester Public Library for hosting! #geniuswriters #poetry #youngauthors

“At a moment of real peril, we need people to show up with courage. Courage is contagious. We all lead with courage in big and small ways.”

Rochester town hall, March 2025

@smith.senate.gov

Thanks for all you do for Rochester constituents @repkimhicks.bsky.social

“Let’s not change our values because somebody says otherwise. Let’s be those who welcome people”

Rochester town hall, March 2025

Thank you Rep. Liz Bolden for working on a healthcare for everyone: “Let’s build a healthcare system built on serving people not on profits.”

Rochester town hall, March 2025

@agellison.bsky.social