QNS.com published a feature story about one of the 2023 MƒA Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education winners, MƒA Master Teacher Larisa Bukalov who teaches at Bayside High School in Queens. The story details how Bukalov was honored for her commitment to developing current and future mathematics teachers through mentoring, modeling, authorship, and the design of professional learning experiences.

"I have learned that incorporating literacy and language teaching methods in our mathematics classrooms provides better support to all students and alleviates their math anxiety. As teachers, we must share ideas and practices to better build our students’ mathematical identity.”