About Me

     Hello everyone! My name is Milary (Mil-ah-ree) Tavarez and my pronouns are she/her/hers. Here is a blur about me: I grew up in Western Cranston, Rhode Island. I attended Cranston High School West. My education journey began in high school. I was enrolled in the child development program in which it encouraged me to pursue an education degree at Rhode Island College. Along the way my views of becoming a teacher changed. Through a friend I discovered the major of Youth Development (YDEV). YDEV created a space for me to discover who I am as an advocate and educator. Here is a link to the Rhode Island College Youth Development major: https://www.ric.edu/department-directory/department-educational-studies/department-educational-studies-undergraduate-programs/youth-development-ba

 I received my undergrad in Youth Development and am currently pursuing my Masters in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). My goal is to empower and lead with the

youth in a community space whether this would be in a classroom or nonprofit setting. 

Fun facts about me: As you can see in my blog already, my nationality is Dominican and my first language is Spanish (I am bilingual). I have a fur baby name Cookie, he is 6 years old. (He needs to stop growing up or shall I say getting old 🙁) I love pretty views like the sunset and city skylines, I love the fall and I am a starbies gal 😍. During my "free time", I direct a Latin folklore dance group known as Quisqueyia in Action. The dance group is led by the Dominican youth who perform in the Latinx community such as the Dominican Festival. I currently work for Rhode Island Educational Talent Search (ETS). We directly work with the youth in low income and underrepresented schools. I am located at two schools, Roger Williams Middle School and Woonsocket High School. Our goal is to help the youth become successful whether this is academic or personal. 

This summer is going to be a wild roller coaster, I am take two summer class (this class and FNED 547).  So far I am feeling overwhelmed but not in a negative way because I enjoy being busy and having things to do also this encourages me making list of things to do *I LOVE making list!!* Besides being busy academically wise, I will be preparing the dancers for the annual Dominican Festival! The festival is held in Providence at the Roger Williams Park Music Temple. This is a link to our facebook page for more information on the organization and the festival: https://www.facebook.com/quisqueyaen.accion.5/?locale=es_LA 

Hopefully in between I can enjoy the weather at the beach or go on day trips to Boston.