Laleña Garcia

Laleña Garcia is a queer kindergarten teacher hailing from Brooklyn. She began teaching in NYC in 2000 and has worked with threes through eight-year-olds, though she loves kindergarten best.  When she’s not giving young children the tools they need to resolve conflicts and smash the patriarchy.

She enjoys knitting, surfing, aerial yoga, biking.

She's An activist both in and out of the classroom, you can find Laleña helping wrangle children at protests with the Rude Mechanical Orchestra.