Author: Starian Porchia

𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 ℙ𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕒 is an Instructional Coach at Becky Lowery Freshman Center in Allen ISD. Before moving to the North Texas area, she grew up outside Kansas City, KS. Prior to supporting teachers, she taught at Sachse High School in Garland ISD, where she was voted by the Special Education department as the General Educator of the Year in 2018, and Anna High School in Anna, TX. She earned her B.A. in English Language & Literature with a minor in Secondary Education from the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, KS. She continued her education at the University of Kansas to complete her M.A. in TESOL Curriculum & Instruction, in which she got the opportunity to dive into the intricacies of cultural and linguistic identity and diversity. Her first position in education was as an ESL co-teacher at Turner Middle School and she has since been teaching 9th grade intervention and on-level courses. She has since been working with diverse learners at the secondary level striving to make language and literature accessible for all scholars. Outside of the realm of English, she has had the honor to be an athletic coach and a yearbook adviser and she recently completed her M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from the University of North Texas. Above all else, she is passionate about creating environments in which students and teachers can experience education ‘sin miedo’ (without fear). You can connect with Starian via email at starian.porchia@allenisd.org or Twitter at @StarianBlake.