Last night, I sat down with Max Ryan’s mother and father. Housing Director Erik Soliván and I went by their home to share our condolences and hear more about the person who spent the last 9 months of their life serving our city by providing outreach to our homeless neighbors. I learned that Max was very proud of the work he was doing. He had recently taken leadership of our Homeward Bound program and excitedly called his mom to tell her that because of him, 25 homeless neighbors had been reconnected to the people who loved them. He gave 25 people another chance for a better life. We talked about how this senseless crime happened. We talked about the fact that the suspect had prior gun offenses. We talked about how he was suffering from mental health issues. So many of the most heinous crimes that happen in San José, including the murders of Max Ryan, Tarrah Taylor, and Jeannessa Lurie, are committed by people our officers have arrested before. Sometimes dozens of times. Ryan’s mom then said something that struck me. She said that as soon as someone is arrested, and @SanJosePD does an incredible job of making sure that happens quickly, you expect it to be over. You just expect the rest of the justice system to work. But far too often, it doesn’t. We have serious gaps that lead to serious crimes. Judges have immense leeway when it comes to sentencing. Far too many gun offense violations go unpunished. And perhaps the biggest failure we’ve made as a state and nation, is turning a blind eye to mental health and addiction issues. We need to expand behavioral health treatment and increase accountability in our justice system now — because lives depend on it.

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I'm giving away two sets of the Framed! trilogy with their beautiful new covers. Retweet this post and you're automatically entered for a chance to win. I'll pick random winners in a few days. @SimonKIDS

Books are the best& even better w/@Novel_Effect The soundscape transports Ss to the savannas with The Lion Inside @RBrightBooks @BerryessaUSD

Get Ss engaged with the read aloud- use @Novel_Effect for an awesome soundscape & NE has great book resources too (activities and writing prompts).#BillyGoatsGruff @macbarnett

⏳ Final call Today’s your last chance to enter for a shot at a @CanvaEdu swag pack! 🎉 👉 Check the original post for entry details.

Excited to share that I am now a Canva AI certified teacher thanks to Canva Design School! #Canva #CanvaEdu #CanvaDesignSchool canva.com/designschool/certi… Great features I did not know about and really love the Magic Animate: Can't wait to use it!

Puzzles in the library. #collaboration #Focused #PathwayToTheFuture

Thrilled to share that I (& Ann) spoke at California School Library Association Conference 2025! Big thanks to the organizers and everyone who joined the session.🌟 Your presence made it special! - via #Whova event app #CSLA2025 @BerryessaUSD #strongertogether

Hope you all get a chance to enjoy quality time and quality food with your families today! (Art by the amazing LeUyen Pham from our book Lunar New Year Love Story) Happy Year of the Snake!

I am speaking at California School Library Association Conference 2025. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app

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I am speaking at California School Library Association Conference 2025. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app

Author/illustrator Visit from Thien Pham. He wrote ‘Family Style’ and met with Ss today. They were engaged and riveted by him & his book. @BerryessaUSD #PathwaytotheFuture

Beginning to end of the snowmen clay project. @markcarabuehner Snowmen at Night. Adorable & fun. @BerryessaUSD #PathwaytotheFuture

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Students always leave me in awe with their creativity! Guided draw (me=pink) Ss=spooktacular. #Pathwaytothefuture @BerryessaUSD #artinthelibrary

Is it petty of me to keep repeating that this beautiful movie by @Dreamworks is based on my book? The team of artists animators designers did an outstanding job I want people to know that my book was the inspiration! Is that wrong? This is all new for me! #thewildrobot

I actually wrote and illustrated a whole series of Wild Robot books.