Sayda Mitchell-Morales

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Sayda Mitchell-Morales

From the South Bronx to the South Side of San Antonio, Sayda Mitchell-Morales is a mom, a public education advocate, and a communications strategist.

08/12/2026

Happy first day of school year 26-27! 🤓🍎🎒
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08/05/2026

Did you know students ages 12-18 can apply to receive a FREE VIA Metropolitan Transit Student Pass for the ENTIRE 26-27 school year?! Thanks to a partnership with Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito, San Antonio City Council District 7, students can ride to and from school (and anywhere else they may need to go to) reliably and consistently.

I took public transit for over 18 years growing up in NYC. My advice: use the time to catch up on studying, read or listen to a good book, or look out the window and listen to music while channeling that main character energy 🤩

Apply online today: www.viainfo.net/student-passes/

08/02/2026

Anyone else’s kiddo have them learning about dinosaurs like they’re studying for a paleontology final? 😅 🦕 In all seriousness, I love children’s curiosity and am so grateful I get to nurture my boys’. 💗

07/28/2026

From my first day to today, I have dedicated myself to "One Day".

11 (!) years ago, I joined Teach For America as part of the first cohort in Springfield, Massachusetts (Western Mass!). I was 22-years-old, but experience had taught me the power of a high-quality education, and I was determined to pass that on to the next generation.

Teachers are like gardeners: we plant seeds of knowledge, we spend our days (and nights and weekends) cultivating hearts and minds, and we believe, with time and continued care, that our students will blossom and flourish.

While these days I'm no longer in the classroom, you could say I'm in another season of the same harvest. Every day, I show up at Futuro San Antonio to advocate, communicate, and work toward the day when every child has access to an excellent education.

This October 2-3, TFA is gathering 10,000+ of us in Las Vegas for the 35th Anniversary Summit. Let's reconvene. Let's go back to our roots. And let's fill up our cups, so we can return replenished and ready to continue this work.

If you plan to be there, let me know! Let's catch up and maybe turn up like it's 2015!

07/24/2026

A stranger took my photo. Three weeks later, she was giving me career advice over virtual coffee.

Last month at NCSC26, Dr. Alison Harris Welcher offered to take a picture of me and my 7th grade reading teacher, Dr. Christina Grant. I asked her name, and we exchanged numbers so she could send it over.

Later, I looked her up on LinkedIn because I figured if she was at the conference, we probably have some things in common. I was inspired to find a TFA alumna, woman of color, and mama like me dedicating her career to serving students and families.

So, I asked Dr. Alison Harris Welcher, an Executive Coach and Chief Strategy Officer at Chiefs for Change, if she'd grab virtual coffee with me.

I so appreciate her not only taking the time to meet with me but also giving me real advice, reminding me to keep chasing my goals, and giving me permission to move at my own pace, full speed or a step back, because life is lived in seasons.

I'm stepping into a new season now. Ten years of experience in education, and I'm ready to take my passion and skills to the next level.

Community isn't just about who's near you. It's about who's for you: the role models, mentors, and friends who see you and choose to invest in you, even after a five-minute conversation at a conference.

So this is your sign: grab that virtual coffee. Build a community, both near and far, that grounds you and uplifts you.

07/22/2026

Is there someone you keep seeing at events, conferences, and/or external meetings who you know of but have never actually spoken to? This is your sign to grab coffee with them!

I'm so glad I got to connect with local community leader Jenee Gonzales, Chief Development and Communications Officer at Communities in Schools this morning! ☕

We've run in similar circles, from Latina Leadership Institute (LLI) to the education nonprofit advocacy space, but we had yet to actually meet and connect. We have so much common ground: we're both first-generation college graduates, both Latinas who've built (and are still building!) our careers around the belief that education access and economic mobility shouldn't be a matter of luck or zip code, but a reality for every kid and family in our community.

I'm looking forward to continuing to learn from Jenee, and even more excited about where our work might intersect. When organizations like ours find ways to align, the impact multiplies for the students and families we serve.

Grateful for connections like this one. 💜💛

07/16/2026

Immigrants make America great. THAT should be the slogan.

Starting with our founding fathers, who arrived overseas, to modern-day people — some of whose ancestral connection to this land far precedes that of our European founders (but that's a different story) — Americans have long crossed man-made borders in search of a better life and brighter future.

I am here today because my parents believed in the possibility of a life in the U.S. and what it might mean for them and their children someday.

My entire life I have seen them sacrifice to put food on the table and ensure my siblings and I have everything we need to be successful in school and in life.

Today, my parents are American citizens. But before that, they were undocumented — because for people living in poverty, there is no accessible "right way" to get here. They came the ONLY way they could.

Undocumented is not the same as illegal, and it is certainly not the same as unworthy. What my parents have been, from the day they arrived, is hardworking. They pay taxes. They show up to jobs that this country depends on. They put their kids in school and have always told us to work harder than everyone else. They have built entire lives here out of nothing but effort and belief.

That's the part of the story the current administration doesn't want told. It's easier to call people "illegals" and "aliens" than to admit they're someone's parents, someone's kids, someone's neighbors. It's easier to make immigrants the scapegoat than to talk about the people who hoard wealth by exploiting everyday working people -- immigrant and native-born alike -- in this country.

My parents didn't take anything from anyone. They have given everything they have to this country. That's the story I want people to hear.

07/14/2026

I just want all my former teachers to know that I literally get paid to talk now. 🤣

06/27/2026

Day 3/3 of , and I am bringing back data and “Big Easy” energy to continue to advocate for San Antonio’s public schools! 💪🏽

À bientôt NOLA! 🎷

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http://saydamitchellmorales.com/

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