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Angel Montoya is an anti-racist educator and researcher in Denver, Colorado. She is dean of students at Northeast Early College in Denver. Previously, she served as dean of students and cultural and linguistically responsive instructional support specialist in Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools and as a language arts teacher. She completed her Doctorate of Education at the University of Colorado Denver, specializing in leadership for educational equity with an emphasis in Latinx communities. She is an advocate for humane and inclusive education for students of color and the educators who serve them. She has found that there is a deep connection to one’s eight dimensions of wellness and ability to engage in critical consciousness and to address anti-racism in their individual and professional life, which has become a primary focus of her research.
Paying attention to the whole educator benefits adults and the students they teach.