Marisol Moreno works at an elementary school along the United States and Mexican border. The school is located in a small town outside of the city's limits. It is in a low socio-economic neighborhood and serves nearly 1,300 students. Despite research that shows that students who live in poverty preform academically lower than the rest of their peers (Duncan & Murnane, 2014) this has not been her experience. In this short article, she shares some of the things she does in her classroom to promote a multicultural classroom and to achieve academic success for all students.