Idalia Gutiérrez is a 2025-2026 Teach Plus Illinois Affinity Group Facilitator and Spanish teacher and adviser for the class of 2028 at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. She emphasizes language learning through a cultural practices, products, and perspectives approach. Idalia is also a member of her district’s Culture, Climate, Equity and Belonging Committee. Previously, she worked as a middle school dual language teacher in Highland Park for 10 years, mentoring new teachers and leading professional development for staff on culturally responsive teaching and translanguaging practices for the dual language classroom. Idalia was named a Golden Apple Scholar (2005). She earned her BA in Spanish and French studies, master’s in English as a second language/bilingual education from Dominican University, master’s in school leadership from Northeastern Illinois University, and is pursuing a PhD in curriculum studies at DePaul University.
