2023 SPARK Award | Spotlight: Guadalupe Villatoro
Congratulations to 2023 SPARK Award finalist Guadalupe Villatoro on also being voted by the public as this year’s People’s Choice Award Winner!
Congratulations to 2023 SPARK Award finalist Guadalupe Villatoro on also being voted by the public as this year’s People’s Choice Award Winner!
If passed, the 2023 Farm Bill is estimated to be the largest ever, featuring an “eye-popping” price tag of nearly $1.5 trillion, according to Mike Johann.
alliantgroup CEO, Dhaval Jadav, was awarded the 2022 STEAM Advocate of the Year Award by the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce for our firm’s commitment to STEM education.
From foster care to the classroom, 5th grade science teacher Ruth Giles says her childhood shaped her into the teacher she is today. She tells us she relates more easily to her students at Cornelius Elementary School because of the challenges she faced but also the support she got along the way.
According to Mimi Munoz, science teacher at Seguin Elementary School, STEM education is important but learning to be kind should be first in any classroom environment.
From Corporate America to the classroom—Lynell Dillard spent three years as an accountant before realizing teaching was her passion. While still working as an accountant, she taught a weekly finance class where her students became her inspiration to pursue a full-time career in the classroom.
From honorable mention to finalist! Fifth grade science teacher, Leticia Sifuentes, says she is thrilled to be one of six nominees for alliantgroup’s 2022 SPARK Award. Although this is her first year teaching at Bonner Elementary School, Sifuentes is a veteran of the classroom with 24 years of experience. She credits her own fifth grade teacher for inspiring her to become one.
O’Neal teaches children in kindergarten to fifth grade at Mark Twain Elementary school. She tells us she loves teaching STEM to her students because they can see how it applies to the other subjects they are also learning in school.
As we put 2020 in the rear-view mirror, the cattle industry should be preparing now to make this year better than the last one. Unfortunately, the election has not made the future any clearer for the industry, which makes planning for 2021 a little more difficult.
In a world globally impacted by a major pandemic, 5th grade science teacher Ms. Rodriguez of Shearn Elementary has continued to find deeper meaning in her career as an educator.