In this episode of the Teachers Podcast, Elaine Ding, Analyst with the Education Global Practice at the World Bank spoke with Dr. Keishia Thorpe, English Teacher at the International High School Langley Park in Maryland, USA and the winner of the prestigious 2021 Global Teacher Prize. Keishia received this award from UNESCO and the Varkey Foundation for her devotion to preparing young immigrants and first-generation Americans to succeed at her school. Keishia’s work to incorporate culturally relevant learning content into her school's curriculum helped her students connect with the material being taught on a deeper level and improved their overall classroom performance. In this episode, Elaine and Keishia discuss how this kind of curriculum change can lead to greater levels of student motivation in the classroom as well as assess how teachers and administrators can support the creation of similar educational environments.