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Bianca Alvarado Highlight
The reason I teach is to spark an interest in students, and to help them realize that they have the tools and resources within themselves to create or design the change that they want to see.
About Bianca
- I grew up on the San Diego–Tijuana border.
- We’d go back and forth across the border constantly—seeing two drastically different worlds planted the seed of innovation in me, because I understood that there was no one "right" way to do things.
- I was the first in my family to graduate from college, earning my bachelor’s degree in International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR) from San Diego State University.
- After graduating, I struggled with anxiety and depression because I had no idea how to apply for jobs—I had no guidance because my family had never gone through that experience.
- After a year of struggling, I started substitute teaching in Chula Vista, California—this was a turning point for me because I got to work with students with similar backgrounds to my own.
- After teaching for a few years, I went back to school and earned my master’s degree in social innovation.
- I took a break from teaching to co-found La Casa Azul Productions, a project focused on helping disadvantaged Hispanic youth receive training for careers within digital media content creation.
- Now I’m back in the classroom teaching high school Spanish.
