{"id":344,"date":"2025-01-01T07:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T12:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp\/portfolio-light\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2025-02-18T10:42:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:42:26","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-145nae-74056a8d27ded11ecbf21345e0051e4f main_color avia-section-small avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-344'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jfg5nepn-bd97e5ba368539c77ab80242598ca79d\">\n#top 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class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div id='av-masonry-1' class='av-masonry av-jfjbn9h2-f1519a651c0c019d53f994a90123429e noHover av-fixed-size av-large-gap av-hover-overlay-active av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-4 av-caption-always av-caption-style- av-masonry-entries av-orientation-portrait-large ' data-post_id=\"344\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/nabe-2025-inspiration-innovation-and-a-whole-lot-of-advocacy\/\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-816' data-av-masonry-item='816' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-816 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-ai-and-literacy tag-avid4college tag-bilingual-education tag-brain-based-learning tag-chicago tag-education-matters tag-ellevation tag-equity-in-education tag-hall-of-fame tag-imagine-learning tag-language-is-power tag-latina-leaders tag-leadership-matters tag-multilingualism tag-multilingualism-is-a-superpower tag-nabe-2026 tag-name2025 tag-stronger-together tag-summitk12 tag-vista-learning tag-wepa-books  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"NABE 2025: Inspiration, Innovation, and a Whole Lot of Advocacy!\"   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_blog_feature_NABE2025-705x264.jpg);\"  title=\"NABE 2025: Inspiration, Innovation, and a Whole Lot of Advocacy!\" ><\/div><\/div><figcaption class='av-inner-masonry-content site-background'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos-content'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><h3 class='av-masonry-entry-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" >NABE 2025: Inspiration, Innovation, and a Whole Lot of Advocacy!<\/h3><div class='av-masonry-entry-content entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >What a week at NABE 2025! If you were in Atlanta, you know the\u2026<\/div><span class='av-masonry-date meta-color updated'>02\/28\/2025<\/span><span class=\"av-masonry-text-sep text-sep-author\">\/<\/span><span class='av-masonry-author meta-color author'><span class='fn'>by Denise Nieto Hernandez<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/nabe-annual-conference-2025\/\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-790' data-av-masonry-item='790' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-790 post type-post status-publish format-gallery has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-ai-in-education tag-bilingual-ed tag-brain-based-learning tag-empowering-educators tag-equity-in-education tag-latina-leaders tag-leadership tag-multilingual-education tag-nabe-2025 tag-nabe-presenter post_format-post-format-gallery  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"NABE 2025 Conference\"   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/conference_2025_nabe_schedule-705x591.jpg);\"  title=\"NABE 2025 Conference\" ><\/div><\/div><figcaption class='av-inner-masonry-content site-background'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos-content'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><h3 class='av-masonry-entry-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" >NABE Annual Conference &#8211; 2025<\/h3><div class='av-masonry-entry-content entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >Excited to share my upcoming presentations at the 54th Annual\u2026<\/div><span class='av-masonry-date meta-color updated'>02\/17\/2025<\/span><span class=\"av-masonry-text-sep text-sep-author\">\/<\/span><span class='av-masonry-author meta-color author'><span class='fn'>by Denise Nieto Hernandez<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/join-me-on-bluesky\/\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-804' data-av-masonry-item='804' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-804 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-bluesky tag-growth tag-social-media  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"img_blog_feature_bluesky\"   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_blog_feature_bluesky-705x264.jpg);\"  title=\"img_blog_feature_bluesky\" ><\/div><\/div><figcaption class='av-inner-masonry-content site-background'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos-content'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><h3 class='av-masonry-entry-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" >Join Me on Bluesky<\/h3><div class='av-masonry-entry-content entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >As an active social media user (and occasional lurker\u2014someone\u2026<\/div><span class='av-masonry-date meta-color updated'>01\/27\/2025<\/span><span class=\"av-masonry-text-sep text-sep-author\">\/<\/span><span class='av-masonry-author meta-color author'><span class='fn'>by Denise Nieto Hernandez<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/why-getting-an-early-start-on-your-2025-26-fafsa-is-a-smart-move-2\/\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-784' data-av-masonry-item='784' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-784 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-college tag-fafsa tag-new-year tag-student-federal-aid tag-vocational-school  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"Why Getting an Early Start on Your 2025-26 FAFSA Is a Smart Move\"   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_blog_feature_FAFSA2526-705x264.jpg);\"  title=\"Why Getting an Early Start on Your 2025-26 FAFSA Is a Smart Move\" ><\/div><\/div><figcaption class='av-inner-masonry-content site-background'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos-content'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><h3 class='av-masonry-entry-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" >Why Getting an Early Start on Your 2025-26 FAFSA Is a Smart Move<\/h3><div class='av-masonry-entry-content entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >If you\u2019re planning to attend college or vocational school during\u2026<\/div><span class='av-masonry-date meta-color updated'>01\/20\/2025<\/span><span class=\"av-masonry-text-sep text-sep-author\">\/<\/span><span class='av-masonry-author meta-color author'><span class='fn'>by Denise Nieto Hernandez<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/breathing-life-into-confidence-letting-go-of-doubt\/\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-68' data-av-masonry-item='68' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-68 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-confidence tag-doubt tag-growth tag-transformation  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"Inhale Confidence. Exhale Doubt.\"   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_blog_feature_inhaleExhale-705x264.jpg);\"  title=\"Inhale Confidence. Exhale Doubt.\" ><\/div><\/div><figcaption class='av-inner-masonry-content site-background'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos-content'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><h3 class='av-masonry-entry-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" >Breathing Life into Confidence: Letting Go of Doubt<\/h3><div class='av-masonry-entry-content entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >Inhale Confidence. Exhale Doubt.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs I reflect on the powerful\u2026<\/div><span class='av-masonry-date meta-color updated'>01\/13\/2025<\/span><span class=\"av-masonry-text-sep text-sep-author\">\/<\/span><span class='av-masonry-author meta-color author'><span class='fn'>by Denise Nieto Hernandez<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/new-year-same-me-reflections-and-lessons-from-2024-2\/\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-776' data-av-masonry-item='776' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-776 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-36 tag-confidence tag-lessons tag-new-year tag-reflections  av-masonry-item-with-image' title=\"New Year, Same Me? Reflections and Lessons from 2024\"   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_blog_feature_resolutions-1-705x264.jpg);\"  title=\"New Year, Same Me? Reflections and Lessons from 2024\" ><\/div><\/div><figcaption class='av-inner-masonry-content site-background'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos'><div class='av-inner-masonry-content-pos-content'><div class='avia-arrow'><\/div><h3 class='av-masonry-entry-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" >New Year, Same Me? Reflections and Lessons from 2024<\/h3><div class='av-masonry-entry-content entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >As the calendar flips to a new year, I find myself echoing a\u2026<\/div><span class='av-masonry-date meta-color updated'>01\/01\/2025<\/span><span class=\"av-masonry-text-sep text-sep-author\">\/<\/span><span class='av-masonry-author meta-color author'><span class='fn'>by Denise Nieto Hernandez<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-344'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertstarsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}