Two years ago, Gretchen Alexander arrived at Santa Fe to teach broadcasting, bringing along her legacy from teaching at Parkway High school in Bossier city, LA. She brought more than herself; she brought a heart that was big enough to hold her ambition and the insecurities of every student who walked through her door.
To the outside world, she is a broadcasting advisor. To students in her classroom, like Jaiden Brunkhorst, she is the person who turned a “random elective” into a future.
“I didn’t know what I wanted out of life,” Brunkhorst reflects. She found a career path for college and a refound confidence that brought her out of her shell…