For Leah, integrity is being honest. She is a paraprofessional, providing instructional and behavioral support to students in and out of the classroom. She is one of the founding members of an organization called “Para-Power: Philly” organizing paraprofessionals around salary issues, upgrading to higher paying positions, and working conditions. She creates a community and a corridor of opportunities for other paraprofessionals, helping others get college degrees to help them move up into teacher positions, for example. For Leah, her work does not stop at a job that she attends each day, or the duties in her classroom.
