Better Educators Podcast

Guest Rita Soza, a Business Professor at MiraCosta college, shares the story of Dr. Helen Miller Bailey, an extraordinary community college educator who taught at East Los Angeles Community College for twenty-eight years. As a former Bailey student and current community college professor, Soza has been inspired to spend seven years researching Dr. Bailey’s life and work, particularly her unshakeable belief in her students’ potential and profoundly effective non-traditional teaching approaches. Professor Soza explains how Bailey’s authenticity and willingness to share so much of her self—her paintings, her scholarship, her travel experiences, and even her home–left behind a legacy of students whose lives were transformed by their professor’s faith and personal investment in them. As host Eric Robertson and Professor Soza reflect on Dr. Bailey’s life, they explore how the relationships between teachers and students have changed since Bailey’s era and wonder how we can find new ways to enhance our personal conne