Meet our Multilingual Learner Consultants

Blanca Aguirre-Tolpezninkas is an experienced teacher trainer, coach, practitioner,  and associate of Dr. Kate Kinsella. Her twenty-seven years of educational experiences include thirteen years as a classroom/intervention teacher and fourteen  years as an ELA/ELD instructional coach and consultant in the Central Valley.  She has provided guidance and professional learning opportunities for paraprofessionals, instructional coaches, teachers, and administrators in K-12, as well as pre-service educators through university teacher preparation programs.  She has experienced much success by operating as part of a team while effectively taking action towards improvement, building capacity, and sustainability.