Jasmine Marrero

I've been in education for about 12 years now, and it's truly been my calling since high school. I come from a family of educators - my mom has been teaching for over 25 years, and my stepmother is also in education, so it's been very close to home for me. What really drew me to this field was wanting to instill confidence in students and have a direct impact on what they can accomplish in their lives. Growing up, I was a very timid, shy child, and children like that can be easily missed or fall under the radar. I wanted to have a voice for students like that. I started out as a preschool associate teacher while completing my undergrad, and initially thought I wanted to be in the classroom as that front person. But I was lucky enough to realize that part of education wasn't the right fit for me. I think that's really unique to my story because I know there's a lot of folks that maybe start in education or veer towards being a teacher later on, but I tried it and knew it wasn't the best fit. I didn't allow the pressures of 'once you start something, you have to stick with it' to keep me in a place where I probably wouldn't have been happy or thrived. So I pivoted to operations and admissions work, which I absolutely fell in love with - the behind-the-scenes work of those roles. Today, a lot of my work includes speaking with prospective families, being the first impression of the school I'm currently at, and navigating incoming families that are coming into the middle school, really trying to help them figure out where their child will land. I focus primarily on admissions and recruitment work, and I still feel fulfilled in my role and what I do for families.