audio storytelling

Teachers of color have become collateral damage in Oregon’s ongoing teacher shortage. The Oregon Department of Education is scrambling to address retention and recruitment issues, now with the help of state legislature. One new teacher of color, Jesus Narvaez, hopes for more diverse Oregon classrooms.

Over 25 million girls between the ages of two and ten attend ballet classes every year. According to around ten percent of dancers. But only ten percent of dancers who actively pursue a career become professionals. Underneath every successful ballerina is a pair of well-fitted pointe shoe, but what does it take to be en pointe?