Volunteer teacher hired at San Miguel High

For the past two years, Brianna Mustard has been a full-time teacher at San Miguel Catholic High School – without making a teacher’s salary. She is a Lasallian Volunteer, a program where college graduates dedicate up to two years of service at Lasallian schools.
After completing her service this month, Brianna is choosing to stay at San Miguel, accepting a paid position for the next school year.
Brianna did not grow up as a member of the Catholic Church. While living in Laramie, Wyo., she found God in a very personal way.
“When I was graduating from college, I prayed for three things: to live in community, to pray with others every day, and to serve the poor,” she said. A friend told her about the Lasallian Volunteer program. “It was much later, when I already was a volunteer, that I realized that the Lasallian Volunteers’ three core values—faith, service, and community—directly answered my prayers.”
At San Miguel, Brianna was delighted by the liveliness and passion of the Lasallian Brothers: “I am humbled to have been given the opportunity to live alongside them in community. My world was made much larger after living with them. My colleagues offered me the greatest gift, which was confidence. They saw something me I didn’t see in myself.”
Over her tenure, Brianna has contributed much to the San Miguel community. She teaches algebra and geometry to freshmen and sophomores. She spoke at a school assembly on the first Lasallian core principle, faith in the presence of God. She chaperoned students to World Youth Day in Los Angeles this spring.
Brianna knew she wanted to continue teaching, continue developing her faith, and continue serving the poor. On hearing this, a student asked her, “Why don’t you just stay here with us?” In considering that remark, Brianna found her path.