Familial Wisdom in the Classroom

Authors

  • Nadia Rosales
  • Danna Lomax Ventura Unified School District

Author Biographies

Nadia Rosales

Nadia Rosales is a 9th grade student in Oregon. She is a scholar athlete who plays on the high school soccer team and plays the violin. Her college of choice is undecided, yet she is determined to pursue university education. Her goal is to be a middle school music teacher. She would like to thank her dad for agreeing to participate in this interview and her mom for being the camerawoman.

Danna Lomax, Ventura Unified School District

A mother, bilingual educator, and activist, Danna Lomax currently serves as the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Teacher in Ventura, California and Lecturer at California State University Channel Islands. She creates trans-disciplinary, project-based units in Spanish and English that encourage students to promote peace with themselves, each other, and the planet. Danna’s recognitions include: Earth Charter Summit Award, PBS Innovation Award, Fulbright Teacher Award, AAUW Career Development Grant, and 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award from Teaching Tolerance. Danna believes that peace education must lead to action.

Downloads

Published

2018-09-20

How to Cite

Rosales, N., & Lomax, D. (2018). Familial Wisdom in the Classroom. Allies for Education, 2(1). Retrieved from https://journals.calstate.edu/afe/article/view/3284

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2018): Raising the Next Generation: The Parent/Caregiver and Educator Connection

Section

Perspectives from the Field

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).