Hispanic Heritage Month Teacher Profile, Raul Garcia

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Raul Garcia

Writing Seminar and Humanitites Teacher in Boston, MA

Raul Garcia is currently a writing seminar and humanities teacher at the Boston Arts Academy where he is entering his 14th year of teaching at Boston Arts Academy and his 18th year as an educator. Mr. Garcia has assumed various leadership positions while at the Boston Arts Academy, including the role of Humanities Department Chair and chair of the 10th Grade Writing team; as well as leading school-wide workshops on discipline training and teaching, literacy strategies, and project based learning practices. Mr. Garcia received his B.A. in Sociology and Latino/a Studies from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and later went on to obtain an Ed.M. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. In 2012, Mr. Garcia was selected as a White House Champion of Change by the White House and the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

Why do you teach? I teach because the moment I enter a school building I know I am home. It is the place that has allowed me to be myself and also shown students that with hard work and dedication, they too, can realize their dreams and their true selves.