Excellent discussion on opportunities and challenges to post secondary pathways for Latinx students. Kiara from LatinxEd brought the 🔥& ❤️ for the NC Latinx community with practical implications for other #NuevoSouth spaces.

Last month Lenoir Community College’s Centro Educativo Latino celebrated 302 of its continuing education students with a bilingual graduation, including about 250 Latino graduates. I was lucky enough to attend! Here’s the story: ednc.org/si-se-puede-n-…

Adding that there are zero Latinx superintendents in North Carolina. We've got work to do. #nced #ncpol

We are so proud of our Assistant Director of Programs and Initiatives, Nohemi Ramirez, for being selected as a LatinxEd Fellow! The #LatinxEdFellowship is an incredible opportunity that provides leadership development to advance education equity & opportunity in NC.

Always so inspired by you, Yolanda Adams 🇨🇴🇺🇸! You are raising up communities of courage, and it’s an honor to be in your universe! TQM PS. Loving this EducationNC spotlight!

Have to reshare this amazing poem by Josue Jimenuz Escribano! 11th grader at Wake County schools. LatinxEd #LatinxEdSummit

Last week, LatinxEd held their Latinx Education Summit. Attendees gathered to celebrate culture while simultaneously strategizing ways to further cultivate Latinx leadership in North Carolina. Here is the recap: ednc.org/latinx-educati… EducationNC

Oh, the collective power on display when Latinx leaders and education advocates come together to strategize about the healing modalities of community. Shout-out to @AnniceESpeaks for teaching me about conscious leadership and the trust and love framework. Your impact is deep!

#BetterTogetherGCS | Students are eager to get first looks at the Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School as well!

The Sylvia Mendez Newcomer School is officially open, y’all! Such an honor to support Guilford Co. Schools leaders & their commitment to immigrant & refugee families. Sylvia, thank you for your voice, valor, and vision, and sharing your family’s legacy with us~ tqm!

There is plenty of room for more champions of equity, but here are a few of my favorites I got to see today at #COE2023. Love ya’ll!

LatinxEd ScroggsFrogs school photo! WE WORK FOR KIDS! Plus we have kids getting all their questions answered by one of my favorite people Carol Bono! Today has been a great day! #NCTOYPOY

A remarkable public school story. Many remarkable storytellers Gabrielle Brown Guilford Co. Schools, Carol Bono LatinxEd, Giselle Thomas @wfmy. And remarkable leadership Sylvia Mendez, @elaineutin Christian Walter EdD @joseolivanc Dr. Whitney Oakley. #nced ednc.org/same-story-dif…

🧡 Grateful to our ED Elaine Townsend Utin and '23 Fellow nohemi for stepping into these critical spaces and guiding this work. Learn more about Avanza: hunt-institute.org/news/avanza-nc…

.NC State Board of Education welcomed its newest member, Catty Moore, in a swearing-in ceremony at board’s monthly meeting Thurs. AM in Greenville. Moore previously served as the Superintendent of Wake County Public School System from May 2018 to June 2023. Presiding over the ceremony was The Honorable Mario Perez.

"Community colleges must navigate an unprecedented transition, and despite these challenges, it falls on us, as the leaders and the practitioners, to declare that the pandemic was more of a catalyst for transformation than a harbinger of our downfall." - Dr. Falecia D. Williams #DHL2023

"We must recognize they [our students] are our why. It is worth the risk. It demands our courage and we must choose this time to respond." - Dr. Falecia D. Williams #DHL2023

🥁Drumroll, please... 🥁 🔥 The application cycle for our #LatinxEdFellowship is OFFICIALLY OPEN. If you identify as Latinx and seek to advance education equity and opportunity in North Carolina, apply by March 11! Nominations are welcome! mailchi.mp/latinxed/latin…