“I hated going to school. I hated its structure. I saw so much unfairness in it. I noticed that sometimes the good kids would get told off for nothing, because they couldn’t deal with the kids that actually were causing trouble.”
Mariana López has always felt she had an inbuilt sense of social justice, something she's carried with her throughout her education.
From attending school in Argentina through to completing her PhD at York, fairness has been an overriding theme.
As this week's Humans of York focus, she talks about her determination to provide support to every one of her students.
"Sometimes in the audio world I feel there’s an overvaluing of technical skills, and even a sense that there is ‘the’ way of doing things right, and I find that absolutely ridiculous, there’s lots of right ways.
"So nowadays, when I teach introductory modules I make sure I start from the very basics, without assuming previous knowledge.
“Not leaving anyone behind is important to my teaching practice as well as acknowledging the very many different backgrounds students come from, including the different types of opportunities that might have been available to them."
