Aimee Parra is a 2020 Teach Plus New Mexico Teaching Policy Fellow. She is a kindergarten teacher leader at Mesilla Elementary in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Aimee holds a Level Three Instructional Leader License. She serves as an instructional leader as well as a Canvas Capitan/Virtual platform mentor for her school campus. She also facilitates a Ballet Folklorico dance club for the students at her school. Aimee is most passionate about helping her students embark on the journey of learning and about the personal growth each child makes in her classroom. She holds a BA in Dance and MA in Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary Education from New Mexico State University.