Sunny Sinco is honored to return to Renton, where she started her career, to found the newest Impact Public School. As a mixed-race woman and second-generation immigrant, she is proud to carry on her family’s legacy as educators and school leaders from the Philippines. These roots make Sunny a passionate advocate for elevating the voices and brilliance of every scholar, fostering their curiosity and self-efficacy, and creating spaces for collaborative sensemaking and ambitious growth. Most recently, Ms. Sinco served as the Success Dean at Cascade Middle School, focusing on students’ and families’ access to and engagement with school; in this, she forged and strengthened bridges between the school and its community partners to collaboratively wrap-around support for scholars and their families. Sunny is a National Board Certified Teacher, winner of the Green Dot: Washington Teacher of the Year Award, and semi-finalist for the Sue Lehmann Excellence in Teaching and Teach for America: Washington’s Transformational Teacher Awards, respectively. She has also earned fellowships with Great Minds’ Wit & Wisdom and Education Elements. Ms. Sinco received her Bachelor’s Degree from UCLA in Comparative Politics and Civic Engagement, and both her Masters in Education and her Principal Administrator certificate from the University of Washington.