2022 Hawaii Teacher of the Year & National Finalist Whitney Aragaki plus Sub John Arthur

For Asian American/Native Hawaiian/South Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are spotlighting the stories, the experiences, and the wholeness of AANHSAPI teachers, their histories, and the communities they serve. They are part of our teaching force, battling inequities on behalf of their students and themselves. Whitney Aragaki (she/they) is an educator, parent, and learner from Hilo, Hawaiʻi.  She supports students to learn through a lens of abundance that honors place, people and cultures. Her teaching focuses around conversations, practices and systems that sustain the intimate inter-relationship of public education, community and environment. Aragaki is the 2022 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year and National Teacher of the Year Finalist. She is a National Board Certified Teacher in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Mathematics. Check out Whitney’s writing, connect at https://www.whitneyaragaki.com/ Whitney’s socials: Twitter: @sayuri_neko Instagram: @mamasayuri Check out our website www.toodopeteachers.com Support the podcast www.patreon.com/toodopeteachers