Area of Focus: Intermediate (Grades 3 – 5) Mathematics
Celine Rivera is a fifth-grade ICT teacher with seven years of experience working in public elementary schools across Brooklyn, New York. As a Robert Noyce Fellow, she has deepened her commitment to helping all students build strong and joyful mathematical identities. She believes that math education should be grounded in real-world application and accessible to all learners, especially in multicultural and multilingual classrooms. Her goal is to create learning environments where students feel confident, curious, and capable and where their diverse experiences are recognized as valuable assets to mathematical thinking.