Andrea Infantino is a Teach Plus New Mexico Teaching Policy Fellow. Andrea teaches 4th grade inclusion at Cielo Azul Elementary, where she is a district-wide trainer for Thinking Maps. She has previously served as grade level chair for her team and has been a mentor to a first year teacher. Andrea was a member of the New Mexico Dream Team to develop close reading lesson plans and a school leader to implement The Leader in Me. She graduated from The University of New Mexico with a BS in Elementary Education and earned a MA in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Reading from New Mexico Highlands University.