TikTok-famous Las Vegas teacher named Latinx Trailblazer

A Las Vegas teacher was 1 of 15 creators honored successful TikTok’s 2021 Latinx Trailblazers cohort.

Sofia Murillo, a third-grade teacher astatine Mater Academy Mountain Vista who goes by @iamsofiabella connected TikTok, has 2.9 cardinal followers connected the platform. She was the lone creator connected the database from Las Vegas.

“Sofia Bella is simply a 3rd people teacher, cheer coach, and contented creator,” TikTok said successful a merchandise astir the 2021 cohort. “Her viral TikTok transmission is filled with day-to-day snippets of beingness successful her schoolroom alongside her long-running Bad Bunny fandom.”

I americium officially a Latinx Trailblazer 🥺💜

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Murillo acknowledged the grant successful a video posted to her TikTok transmission connected Sept. 14.

“I americium truthful thankful, guys, I emotion you truthful much,” Murillo said done tears successful the video. “I americium truthful honored to beryllium capable to correspond my assemblage and stock my passionateness with each of you and conscionable to animate each of you that nary substance wherever you travel from, nary substance your background, you tin unrecorded your dreams.”

Murillo said successful an interview with TikTok connected Sept. 29 that she is arrogant of her civilization and honored to stock it with the kids successful her schoolroom arsenic good arsenic with her followers connected TikTok.

“It taught maine to beryllium accepting of others nary substance wherever they travel from, which shaped maine into the idiosyncratic and teacher I americium today,” she said. “Knowing my family’s past made maine strive to win — not to beryllium better, but to beryllium that being Latina won’t halt maine from achieving my goals and lasting up for what I judge in.”

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