March is Women’s History Month as well as National Working Mom’s Day. We asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their experiences as working moms. Thank you Mary, for sharing your story!   Why do you work in education? And/or supporting educators? I’ve had several positions teaching adults or running support groups for adults. When I had my daughter and realized how challenging being a parent was, and how important teachers were in our lives, it inspired me to want to support the people who play such a critical role in our society. Originally I [...]

March is Women's History Month as well as National Working Mom's Day. We asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their experiences as working moms. Thank you Roxana for sharing your story!   Why do you work in education and supporting educators?  Being an educator before being a mom has been a gift because of all the early childhood development wisdom I learned that helped prepare me to be a parent. I can’t imagine being a parent and not an educator because it’s so much to come at you, and being an educator is professional [...]

Stacy and her kids (from the left) Sam, Stacy, Olivia, and Raymond. March is Women's History Month as well as National Working Mom's Day. We asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their experiences as working moms. Thank you Stacy for sharing your story!   Why do you work in education and in supporting educators? I have always known that I wanted to be a teacher, ever since third grade when I had an incredible teacher who helped me believe in myself. She inspired me to become a teacher so that I could [...]

June is Pride month and we asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues in the LGBTQIA+ communities to share the stories of their experience as educators and what it means to them to be a queer role model in schools. Thank you Lex Gavin for sharing this inspiring story of your work and journey!   Why do you work in education? For me, it's all about service to young people. Even when working in an adult educator role, it's in service of young people. Education at it's best is liberation and self-actualization. Our current education system is often responsible for [...]

Reid and their partner, Liz, at Long Beach, WA. June is Pride month and we asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues in the LGBTQIA+ communities to share the stories of their experience as educators and what it means to them to be a queer role model in schools. Thank you Reid Kuennen, Sound Discipline Facilitator & Instructional Designer, for sharing this inspiring story of your work and journey! Why do you work in education? For me, youth work began with having not had the best experience with traditional school. I got to be a part of after [...]

June is Pride month and we asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues in the LGBTQIA+ communities to share the stories of their experience as educators and what it means to them to be a queer role model in schools. Thank you Kelsey Peronto for sharing this inspiring story of your work and journey!   Why do you work in education? I work in education because young people inspire me, and they deserve to be supported and bolstered in their self-discovery. My background is working with young folks who have experienced trauma, and I’m driven to help change systems to [...]

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month and we asked our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their family heritage and the people who have inspired them in their lives and careers. Thank you to our Facilitator, Aaron Norikane, for sharing this inspiring story of your family!   Aaron with his grandpa, Koji Norikane. What is your heritage? I am a mixed-race, half-Japanese Yonsei (4th generation Japanese). My great grandparents immigrated from Japan. My grandparents were born and raised in South King County in the White River valley (settling in Auburn for most of [...]

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month and we asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their family heritage and the people who have inspired them. Thank you Alan for sharing this inspiring story of your family!   Alan and his father visiting their Ancestral Village in Guangdong Province, China in 2019. What is your heritage? I am a mixed-race person of color. My father is Chinese and immigrated to this country in his twenties after growing up in the Philippines. My mother was white and moved to Seattle in her [...]