Melina Recio is a 2025 Teach Plus National Teacher Policy Cabinet Senior Board Member and teaches 10th and 11th-grade Pre-AP English II and AP Language and Composition at McAllen High School in McAllen, Texas. She also serves as the co-department head, co-student council advisor, and a member of her district’s curriculum writing team to ensure all high school English teachers in the district have access to high-quality instructional materials.
Melina began her teaching career in McAllen, Texas as a 2012 Teach for America corps member. By 2019, she was named the McAllen Independent School Secondary District Teacher of the Year. In 2021, Melina was also appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the Teacher Vacancy Task Force and served in a two-year Teacher Leadership Fellowship with the Texas Education Agency.
Melina earned her BA in International Studies and Political Diplomacy from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.
