Rosario Quiroz Villarreal is a 4th grade bilingual teacher at Alvarez Elementary with McAllen Independent School District. She moved to the Rio Grande Valley, on the United States-Mexico border, through Teach for America as a 2014 Texas Corps member. Teach for America seeks to strengthen the movement for educational equity, which aligns with Rosario’s two passions of working for social justice and with children from underrepresented communities. Rosario has previously worked with youth through the Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County, North Carolina as Program Staff; and Momentum Alliance in Portland, Oregon as a grant writer and youth coach.