I was born and raised in Taos. I am Married to Peter Padilla, and we have 2 amazing daughters and their families. I have 5 awesome grandkids who are my everything! I enjoy spending time with my family and reading. I studied here at UNM Taos and earned my AA in ECME, Early childhood Multicultural Education in July 2019. I have previously taught at UNM Kids Campus. Email: Virginia@tisataos.org
Continue ReadingNola Whetstone was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, MI. She studied at both Oakland University and the University of Michigan. Nola has degrees in English, anthropology, and education. She has certification in both elementary and middle school education. Before working in education, Nola was an anthropologist in a museum. Nola moved out West ten years ago to teach on the Navajo Nation. She has been a teacher for seventeen years working in 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grades. Nola has taught in three states: Michigan, Arizona, and New Mexico. She has experience in both private and public school […]
Continue ReadingBorn and raised in Texas, Jodi has taught in public and private schools and worked with students from pre-K to 8th grade in many capacities, but most often as a classroom teacher. Jodi graduated from Texas A&M University and began teaching right away in the school districts of Pearland and Plano. She left the world of teaching and began working in the corporate world, the spiritual and healing world, and spent time being a mom to her daughter, now in 5th grade. Moving from Texas, to St. Louis, and finally to New Mexico in 2014 when she began working […]
Continue ReadingMiguel Santistevan is a Middle School Math Teacher at Taos Integrated School of the Arts. He has taught for 9 years in the Public Schools and has also taught classes for UNM-Taos and Northern New Mexico College. He has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology and Agriculture Ecology and certifications in Permaculture and ZERI design. His research interests are in the adaptation of crops and traditional acequia-irrigated and dryland agricultural systems of the Upper Rio Grande and Sangre de Cristo mountains over which he has written many articles and given many presentations including the Bioneers, the Green Festival, and the […]
Continue ReadingMs. Roe has been teaching for 28 years, with 25 in public education. She holds a Bachelor’s, a Master’s, and an Ed Specialist’s degree in Early Childhood Education, and has taught K-8th grades. She is a certified Music teacher, and also has a TESOL endorsement. A musician and actor, Ms. Roe is thrilled to use infuse her teaching with love of the arts and love of learning! Contact me at: roe@tisataos.org Blog Link:
Continue ReadingGoing into his sixth year as an elementary and middle school teacher, Mr. Coleman got his teaching license from the Santa Fe Community College. He is bilingual in Spanish and TESOL-certified and before moving to Taos taught grades 3, 5, and 6 at a public dual-language school in Santa Fe. Mr. Coleman got his Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics from Hunter College in New York City. Before becoming a teacher, he worked as an editor for a global online news service. That job gave him the opportunity to travel the world, and he visited and lived in several cities and countries, […]
Continue ReadingSuzanne Wilson is certified as a Dyslexia Therapist, trained at the Multisensory Language Training Institute of NM. She is accredited by the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council and the International Dyslexia Association. She has a Master of Fine Arts from Boston University and a Bachelor of Education from the University of New Mexico. She has New Mexico State Licensure: Level Two Professional Pre-K-12; Specialty Area License with Endorsement in Reading, Visual Arts and Modern and Classical Languages. Since 2013, Suzanne has worked as a Reading Intervention Specialist at Taos Integrated School for the Arts (TISA), teaching students who […]
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