Yari Torres began teaching in 2009 and currently serves over 100 amazing students at Douglass High School in North Memphis. Yari is passionate about instilling in her students a meaningful and long-standing desire for learning (especially foreign language) and the mindset that, despite numerous factors working against them, they can do what others say cannot be done. In addition to teaching Spanish, Yari has created the Douglass High School’s first-ever boys soccer team to ensure that all students would feel accepted and comfortable in a new environment by participating in one of their favorite past times. She holds a BS and an MS in Social Work from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
