Education
In this episode our guest is Dr. Jessica Stone, an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Western Washington University. We discuss the importance of teaching elementary teachers about the need for multicultural education. How to teach them about whose voices have been marginalized in traditional curriculum. Her journey into becoming a teacher and how her mother's focus on bilingual education influenced her career trajectories. Her accidental journey into school administration and what she learnt. Her pathway into a doctoral program and being part of an urban multicultural cohort. Her dissertation process and atypical journey into becoming an Assistant Professor.