Telmo Vasquez has been an educator for 15 years and, in his journey, he has provided stimulating learning experiences for students and preservice and in-service teachers at the elementary and university levels. Currently, he works in the Multilingual Pathways Department at SFUSD and specializes in Spanish Bilingual Education and English Language Development Instruction. Telmo Vasquez advocates and practices linguistic and culturally sustaining pedagogy and critical pedagogy.