Molly Flores (she/her)
Meaningful Places
Hometown Community
Tucson, AZ
Current Community
Seattle, WA
Abroad Communities
Granada, Spain
Mekenes, Morocco
Values
Racial Justice and Equality #BLM
Gender Justice and Equality, break down gender norms and binary
LGBTQ+ Acceptance and Equality #teachkidsacceptance
Climate change demands our immediate collective response
Education is the greatest tool against oppression
Kids are our future and we need to prepare them to face and solve the challenges previous generations are handing them.
Hobbies
Video Games
I play online games with my family and friends that live far away from me to stay in touch
I also play games with my partner
Reading
LOVE Science-Fiction
Book Club: part of a book club where we only read books written by female POC
Movement
Dance (was a ballerina for 15 years)
Yoga (since retiring the pointe shoes)
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Work
ALMA (school LMS)
Google Classroom/G Suite
ClassDojo
Flipgrid
GroupMe
NAU
Diigo
G Suite
Prezi
Text to Voice Reader
Bibme
Personal
Tik Tok
Snapchat
Profession
Education
Undergrad at Seattle Pacific University
BA in Elementary Education
Certified in WA K-12 teacher
Last session in Graduate program at NAU
Soon to be M.Ed in Educational Technologies
Soon to be ISTE certified
Educator
2nd grade ELL teacher
3rd Grade classroom teacher
4th Grade classroom teacher
Relationships
Family
Two loving parents who have been married 26 years
Two younger brothers
Many aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. Most still live in Tucson and Phoenix, AZ (think family Christmas 50+ people, family reunion is like 200+ people)
Friends
Still super close friends with my "Crew" from undergrad. We are all currently spread out across the country getting higher education. We stay in touch through visits, zoom hangouts, and online game nights
Partner
Currently live with my partner and our handful of a puppy corgi