Tag: Christina Torres

  • I grew up, though, and began finding power in being mixed race, and learning to claim both my AAPI upbringing (most of my friends were Asian-American) with the truth of both cultures. I learned Spanish and danced Tinikling. While I still got the looks and the questions, knowing that I wasn’t alone in my responses…

  • I grew up, though, and began finding power in being mixed race, and learning to claim both my AAPI upbringing (most of my friends were Asian-American) with the truth of both cultures. I learned Spanish and danced Tinikling. While I still got the looks and the questions, knowing that I wasn’t alone in my responses…

  • I Am the Blood of the Conqueror; I Am the Blood of the Conquered Christina Torres: Teacher. Runner. Writer. 2015-10-12 Christina Torres, Middle and high school English and Drama Teacher University Laboratory School, Honolulu, Hawaii I didn’t know the true extent of Columbus’s reign of horror until a few months ago. Sitting in a Nashville…

  • Vulnerability as Empowerment in the Classroom Education Week 2015-09-09 Christina Torres, Middle and high school English and Drama Teacher University Laboratory School, Honolulu, Hawaii It’s back-to-school time for many students and teachers this week. For many, it means that 20 to 120 new faces enter our classrooms and our lives. Jessica, a fifth-grade teacher in…

  • Yo No Sé Que Hablar — I Don’t Know What To Say Teach. Run. Write. English Teacher Running from One Adventure to the Next 2015-03-02 Christina Torres The man sitting behind me at the restaurant last month was speaking Spanish. So was the park worker the other day, which was a surprise. There was the…