About EnlightenED Partnership
Our Story
As founders, we share a common bond: each of us is a language learner, English or Spanish as a second language. These experiences shaped not only our identities, but also our passion for education. Together, we have dedicated our careers to Title I schools, working to build strong language and literacy outcomes for students who often face the steepest barriers.
We each bring unique strengths – spanning leadership, Multi-Tiered Support Systems (MTSS), dual language, and ESL instruction, but what unites is our shared commitment to equity. In our work, we have navigated the challenges of ensuring students receive high-quality instruction and equitable services, even when internal systems or external barriers made progress difficult.
Through those experiences, we recognize a common gap: there is no shortage of theory, yet practical implementation is often where schools and leaders struggle. That’s why we decided to join forces. Our mission is to provide the guidance, tools, and partnership that education leaders need to move beyond theory and into action – creating systems where multilingual learners thrive.
Blanca De La Sierra, Ed.D.
PartnerBlanca De La Sierra is an accomplished education leader with over 15 years of experience improving outcomes for multilingual learners. She has served as teacher, coach, principal, Executive Director, and Assistant Superintendent, leading major initiatives such as transitioning 23 campuses to dual language programming and building MTSS systems to support highly mobile and at-risk students. Blanca earned her doctorate in School Improvement from the University of Texas at Tyler, where her research focused on literacy growth for multilingual learners, and also holds both master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Southern Methodist University. She is deeply committed to advancing language and literacy while equipping educators with the tools to meet the needs of diverse student populations.
Kristen Price, M.Ed.
PartnerKristen Price has been impacting student success in dual language, transitional bilingual education, and ESL settings for 14 years as both a teacher and an educational leader. She has served as a dual language teacher, interventionist, instructional coach, and Bilingual/ESL coordinator in the public school system and as an Executive Literacy Coach supporting literacy solutions across the country. Kristen has spoken at regional, state, and national conferences about her efforts and responsibility to create an inclusive environment where students can simultaneously learn both English and Spanish to build pathways toward biliteracy, bilingualism, and sociocultural competence. Kristen possesses a Bachelor’s degree in History and Spanish from Texas A&M University and a Master’s of Education in Education Administration from Lamar University.
