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Building liberatory, healing classrooms alongside
liberatory, healing education-leaders.
Our Mission
We provide transformative, holistic pedagogical training and coaching to educators, coaches, and education-leaders serving in historically and systematically marginalized communities so that they can lead liberatory, healing classrooms that center our students' identities and brilliance; igniting and nurturing their self-actualization and self-determination.
Every child, no matter their
identity or zip code
deserves the opportunity
to develop the promise
inside of them.
Our children deserve and are entitled to an education that unequivocally gives them this opportunity-- the type of education that the majority of our Black and Brown students growing up in systemically marginalized communities have historically and are presently being vastly denied.
an education that:
revolutionizes rigor and makes teaching and learning relevant and responsive to our students' identities, languages, literacies, cultural practices and lived experiences.
values and sustains the rich cultural and linguistic inheritance of our students and their communities.
provides students with the opportunities and agency to lead and shape our world.
an education that:
deeply believes in, continuously nurtures and reflects our students' inherent brilliance and infinite potential.
is grounded in joy, radical love and liberation.
What we believe
Learn the Core Principles of
Love y Liberacion
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A comprehensive THREE-PART FRAMEWORK FOR LIBERATORY PEDAGOGY that focuses on the knowledge, skills
and practices
as well as the equally important
healing, beliefs and mindsets necessary
to create and sustain healing-centered, liberatory, and empowering classrooms and schools.
— Jennie
"Bárbara is a true expert in her field, but brings the humility and humanity of a lifelong learner to her work and collaboration, with listening and responsiveness at the center of her work."
What Clients are saying:
This is for you if...
You are an educator, instructional coach, or education-leader who is committed to grounding your practice in Liberatory Pedagogy.
You are interested in engaging in training and development over time while being in community with like-minded individuals.
You’re committed to educational equity and understand that if we want to change the inequitable systems in our world, we must also work on the conscious and unconscious systems operating within ourselves. You are willing to doing that work.
a deepened understanding of Liberatory Healing-Centered education as a pedagogical framework and its core components
a clear understanding of what Liberatory Pedagogy is and
is not and what it looks like in practice
the foundations for the ongoing reflection and self-examination practice that is required to engage in this work with mind and heart.
the core mindsets, knowledge and shifts needed to create rigorous, student-centered, joyful, and liberatory educational experiences for students
By the end of this training, you will walk away with...
inspired, empowered and ready to show up for yourselves
and your students authentically and powerfully.
you'll feel:
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This training program includes...
sustained and supported time for...
content
Engage in a deeper-dive of Liberatory education as a pedagogical framework; focusing on the who, what and how with support and space to apply learning to your own context and unique role.
coaching
Access to resources, support and
coaching to strengthen and deepen your
pedagogical practice.
Access to resources, support and coaching to strengthen and deepen your pedagogical practice.
community
Be in community with fellow educators and education-leaders (aka change-makers & legacy-builders) who are committed to their ongoing practice as liberatory practitioners.
"I want to thank Barbara for her amazing training! Excellent planning and facilitation -- engaging, interactive, thoughtful, challenging, relevant. The sessions were focused and built on one another. The opportunities for pair and small group collaboration and the choice time gave me agency over my learning!"
- Carolina V.
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- Jean P.
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"Bárbara is authentic, intentional, and experienced. She brings her whole self to the work and creates the conditions for others to do the same. She designs PD experiences that take into consideration where all participants may be entering. The session she designed and facilitated at our winter retreat last fiscal year continues to be one people talk about as a highlight of their year and PD. A teammate shared feeling seen in a session for the first time... maybe ever. Bárbara DID THAT. She creates environments where all people thrive."
-jennie B.
“Bárbara’s deep content knowledge around Culturally Relevant-Sustaining Education was evident on first meeting her, as was her experience in teaching, training, and designing related to this area. She demonstrated a clear commitment to and passion for the work from the outset. Bárbara is a true expert in her field, but brings the humility and humanity of a lifelong learner to her work and collaboration, with listening and responsiveness at the center of her work.”
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I am also a proud Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised first-generation Latina who has worked with and trained hundreds of leaders globally committed to liberatory pedagogy, to transforming themselves and transforming our world.
I believe we are meant to activate the promise inside of us and were born to more than just survive. As educators and education-leaders we have the honor, privilege, opportunity and responsibility to create classrooms that center and nurture our students inherent brilliance and power... and this work includes doing this for ourselves.
SoyBárbara Escudero
certified Professional coach,
award-winning educator,
two-time ivy-league graduate and education consultant with over Twenty years' experience in the field of education.
Read my story
Questions & Answers
How do I know if Love and Liberation is right for me?
If you are an educator, instructional coach or school leader who is interested in anchoring their work in Liberatory Pedagogy, is ready to expand their impact through strengthening and deepening their practice, and is committed to engaging in the self-work necessary to do so,
Love and Liberation is a perfect fit
for you.
What is the format for the training?
Love and Liberation is intentionally designed to be a mix of synchronous and asynchronous work. We will meet virtually in order to engage in content and learning together. In between our sessions, participants will engage in pre-work that is designed to prepare and strengthen their learning and reflection. (Interested in bringing this training to your school or district? Let's schedule a chat to explore customized support.)
WHAT Do you mean by "holistic" Pedagogical training?
Our training pays equal attention to the “who” as well as to the “what and how” of Liberatory pedagogy -
the BEING and the DOING.
We strongly believe that in order to be true Liberatory practitioners; to do this work powerfully and with fidelity, we must begin (and continue to) engage in the work of liberating (and healing) ourselves.
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We're creating a global movement of
liberatory practitioners who are changing the educational experience of our children growing up in systemically and historically marginalized communities to one that is
transformative, empowering and liberatory.
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