Multicultural Voices Volume 1 Issue 3 | Page 8

Mrs. Ramos Educating The Future by Jenny Hor Navigating a diversifying landscape presents educators with an opportunity to start conversations on how culture impacts a student’s educational journey. But those conversations aren’t always easy. “It is quite a challenge to include more diversity education into our curriculum, especially when our numbers are still pretty small like in my school. I think that acknowledging and celebrating our differences in backgrounds and cultures is the best way to engage the multicultural student,” says Irmarie Ramos, a science teacher at Vista Heights Middle School. Known as “Mrs. Ramos” by her students, she is i