Culturally responsive education – a pedagogy that uses students' customs, characteristics, experiences, and perspectives as tools for better classroom instruction – is something we at Story Collider are very interested in and wanted to know more about after listening to this week's story from Stacy Vasquez on the podcast.

In this special bonus episode, Professor Stacy Vasquez and Managing Producer Misha Gajewski take a deep dive into culturally responsive teaching practices and why it's so crucial to STEM education.