Stephanie Barrientos has been an Indiana educator since graduating from Butler University in 2003. She has spent the majority of her career teaching 5th and 6th grade, but has worked in a variety of grade levels and school settings. She has spent the last three years as a Humanities teacher at Zionsville West Middle School and is serving as both an instructional coach and teacher this school year. While completing her Masters in Effective Teaching and Leadership at Butler, Stephanie realized her passions of equity, inclusion, and critical pedagogy. She loves learning from and with amazing educators around her.