Milahd Makooi is a Persian American educator from Denver, Colorado and current master’s student at CU Denver. Milahd grew up hating school due to a variety of his own learning disabilities. It was not until his high school English teacher showed him what he was capable of achieving before he decided to pursue a career in education aiming to help like minded students. Under Dr. Dane Stickney’s mentorship Milahd leverages vulnerability, student relationships, and lived experiences to implement YPAR as a regular occurrence within the classroom.