Ms. Peña

07/13/2025

📸 Scenes from the MAS Symposium
10 years of MAS, and still, every time, I walk into these spaces of feeling seen, valid, and welcome.
This goes beyond professional development. It’s bearing witness to community reciprocity in action. It’s testimonio, resistance, and radical care.
Grateful for every plática, every stretch break, every elder, youth, and co-teacher who reminded me that our stories matter, our work matters, and we matter.

06/26/2025

The Little Joe.
The voice of our tíos’ Saturday mornings.
The soundtrack to celebrations, carne asadas, and cultural resistance.

My heart is filled with orgullo taking in the wisdom of someone who’s been the cultura longer than I’ve been alive.

To witness is to remember. To remember keeps the music alive.

06/04/2025

📣 MAS fam, it’s official! Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2025 MAS Teachers’ Academy!

💥 This year we celebrate 10 years of creation-resistance, comunidad, and legacy in our classrooms.

🗓️ July 7–11 | ⏰ 9AM–1PM | 💻 Virtual

🎉 Theme: A Decade of Creation-Resistance and MAS Legacies in Tejas

🔥 Featuring keynotes:
Dr. Norma Cantú, Chef Adán Medrano, Dr. Keta Miranda & Dr. Angela Valenzuela
💬 Teacher-led pláticas, TEKS-aligned lessons, cultural bearers, student voices
✅ CPE credit + Certificate

🔗 Scan the flyer QR to register

05/11/2025

The play may have been mine to direct, but they’ve been a part of my story from the beginning.

To my mom, my tías, and my antepasados,
On this Mother’s Day, I honor the women whose love is the script I live by.

05/09/2025

Teacher Appreciation Week recap:
Got flowers from a student.
Honored our ACE Award fine arts stars.
Shared donuts and mariachi duckies with the orchestra + mariachi fam.
Took the stage for the Fine Arts Extravaganza.
And a former student sent me a throwback from when I coached softball—full circle moment.

It’s the little things that keep us going. Tired, but so full.

05/04/2025

Exit Ticket Truths: Every time you set a boundary, your younger self breathes a little easier. You’re not being mean—you’re being the version of you she needed.
Have you ever felt guilty for setting a boundary?

04/26/2025

Visibility is survival. ✨
Pride is resistance. ✊🏽🏳️‍🌈
Neurodivergence is beautiful. 🧠♾️
This April, we celebrate every part of our story. ❤️‍🔥



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Colorful graphic split between the le***an pride flag and the autism spectrum. A rainbow heart connects them with bold text: “Lesbian Visibility Week” and “Autism Awareness Month.”

04/06/2025

🥹Congratulations to my mentor y guía Lilliana Patricia Saldaña.

Your 2024-25 NACCS board! We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow during our last conference day.

03/08/2025

The magic of a woman is the strength not just about survival—it’s about transformation, resistance, and reclaiming yourself over and over again.
Every woman who has fought and fights her way back with the fire she carries of her resurrections.

This let’s celebrate the women who rise, not from myth, but from their own unbreakable spirit.

03/08/2025

Honored to have earned Bi-District Alternate as a first-time director with Teatro del Toro!

This journey has been one of growth, creativity, and resilience, and today was a reminder of the power of storytelling and community. Grateful for the incredible theater artists we shared the stage with and for a contest manager who took a moment to recognize my work as a director.
This is just the beginning—pa’lante siempre ✨

02/28/2025

The journey to OAP Zone got extended to District! 🎭✨

This team, this story, this passion—we’re not done yet. Proud, grateful, and ready for the next stage. ¡Pa’lante, siempre!

02/01/2025

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. – Audre Lorde

These words hit deep. Audre Lorde’s legacy reminds us that self-acceptance y existir sin miedo is resistance. This Black History Month, we honor the voices that continue to light the way. 🖤✊🏽