I identify with she/her/Ella pronouns. 

I usually write my name with "I" since it is the correct Basque spelling of my name. In my legal documentation is written with a "Y" because back when I was born the names still were governed under the Franco dictatorship rules and my parents had to spaniarize the name to have me registered by that name.  

As for my background, I am an immigrant from the Basque Country in Spain. I came to this country to complete my bachelor’s in economics and International Business. Through this experience, I know firsthand about the challenges and excitement involved in learning a new language and adapting to a different culture. 

Additionally, I have significant experience working with adult educational programs from when I was technical assistant in the financial field, as well as in the hospitality industry. 

Theater is my passion and I have also worked as a theater director assistant in an after-school theater program at P.S 132’s Alianza Dominicana Art Center, which exposed me to vocal and movement techniques and the essential art of discipline through the creative process. 

My role was to conduct training and supervise students and track their progress.  Through my work as a financial and entrepreneur technical assistant for the Latino community in Philadelphia, I was able to teach and train adults to decode and maneuver complex terminology and bureaucratic processes related to business startups including financial documentation requirements, license requirements, business model and canvas preparation, budgeting. This community has little to non-English literacy. So, I employed bilingual education strategies and I used their background as a vehicle to help them break down complex language and ideas by choosing terminology and scenarios that were closer to them.

These experiences have led me to seek a more substantial role in the academic and social development of diverse immigrant communities. That is the reason why I embarked into the NYC Teaching Fellowship journey. 

During the 2021-2022 school year I was teaching a 1^st grade in dual language program and this year I will be teaching 4^th grade and I will be transferring to a different school and district.  

 I am deeply committed to providing the highest levels of academic and social- emotional support to each of my students and will strive to help them develop into independent learners with confidence to move forward in their academic career.