Urban Education Personal Statement

Desmond Tutu said it best – all children everywhere deserve a quality education which is one of their fundamental human rights. For many, it is truly impossible to understand the experiences of people who grow up without access to basic human necessities. We live in a time where centuries of suppressed inequalities are being brought to light and access to basic human rights is being threatened. The belief that a quality public education is a human right for all children, coupled with my own experience, is what motivates and inspires me to want to become an urban teacher.
People of color, women, and the impoverished have endured inferior social infrastructures for far too long. Incredible strides such as Plessy vs Ferguson, Brown vs Board