She is a NBCT candidate in the area of Literacy: Reading and Language Arts and is pursuing her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. Dayna serves on her district’s Professional Development Team and is an Instructional Coach. Among other leadership roles, she is Arizona’s Core Advocate State Captain for Student Achievement Partners and a Teacher Champion Fellow for the Collaborative for Student Success. In 2014, she was named an Arizona Educational Foundation’s Ambassador for Excellence and has spent her time since advocating for educators and students throughout the state.