A letter to Latina science teachers with radical hearts

This is an open letter from a Latina science teacher to Latina science teachers. I offer advice for Latina science teachers who are new to the field and those with more experience. I offer advice for bilingual science teachers who bring our languages into the classroom and for those of us who strive to be transformative. For the new science teacher, you may be young to the field, but your energy and experiences are needed. And for the veteran science teacher, I invite you to be a culturally responsive mentor. To the bilingual science teacher, I urge you to keep on using your bilingualism to not only teach but also to othermother your students. Finally, to the transformative science teacher, I invite you to pull away from hegemonic science curriculum and draw from your student’s lived experiences. I wrote this letter using science education literature and my lived experiences as a Latina student, and a high school chemistry teacher. I wrote the letter that I needed to have as I navigated academia as a learner and educator of Color. With this letter, dear Latina science teacher, I hope you feel seen.