Yvette Peña is a 2022-2023 Teach Plus Texas Senior Policy Fellow who teaches English and social studies electives at the International School of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas. Yvette proudly sponsors the Diversity Club and is a co-founder of the Equity Committee at her school. Yvette previously received the Humanities Texas Award for Outstanding Early-Career Teaching and was named Teacher of the Year on her campus. This is in her fourth year teaching after graduating with a BA in Psychology and a MAT from Trinity University.