Dalexa Iglesias, Santa Rosa Head Start Program

Dalexa Iglesias is an Education Specialist with Child Parent Centers and has been working with children and families for the past 13 years. Initially she pursued a career in Industrial engineering in college both in Mexico and the United States. Dalexa has always held a fierce passion for early childhood education and enrolled her oldest son into the Early Head Start program in Tucson where she would volunteer her time alongside the teachers. “I started to fall in love with teaching and I realized education was my profession and life’s passion. I started working at Child Parent Centers where I continue to have the opportunity to grow not only as an Early Childhood professional but also personally. After studying hard, I now hold a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. 

Heidi Kornacki, Twin Peaks K-8 Elementary School

Heidi Kornacki is a Tucson Native who has worked at Twin Peaks K-8 for her entire teaching career. She received a degree in Elementary Education at NAU before teaching kindergarten for the next 9 years where her love of teaching kids to read blossomed. Currently, she is a first grade teacher where she continues to cultivate a love of reading in all her students. “Watching young children come into my classroom has to be one of the most rewarding parts of my job. These young children come to school unable to identify letters and sounds; however, when these students leave my classroom they are confident readers. To see the growth of my students, watching the spark happen in these children when they start to read – I feel so much pride to have made a difference that will positively impact their future success and academics in life.”