Episode 13: Decentering Schooling to Center Humanity w/ Nikolai Pizarro, Author, Educator, Advocate

Nikolai Pizarro, of Raising Readers, is an author and educator who has been teaching Black & Latina parents how to create high-quality literacy environments —at home & EARLY since 2010. Nikolai helps parents center HOME as the Epicenter of Learning, Healing, & Belonging. In this episode Nikolai debunks the idea that the school system prepares us for "the real world" and also touches on the pressure and stress that the school system as a whole put on students and families that seems to have been normalized. This was a very eye-opening conversation!

Connect with Nikolai:

Instagram – @raisingreaders

Website - www.fromhighchairtofreedom.com

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