Diana Ferrera
West Orange Board of Education
5th Grade, ELA Teacher
Mt. Pleasant School, West Orange
Diana Ferrera teaches 5th grade ELA in West Orange, New Jersey. She is an active member in the district and a part of the IGNITE team, where she helps to plan and execute the coaching of teachers on effectively integrating technology into the classroom.
Diana is currently finishing her Masters in Literacy with a Reading Specialist Certificate. She believes that the one of the greatest gifts she can give to her students is the confidence to see themselves as readers and writers who have a voice. She is dedicated to infusing the practice of empathy and compassion into her classroom through social action work and advocacy.
Her passion for her work is fueled by her love of people and her ongoing desire to excite and educate the next generation.