LifeChanger of the Year Nominee Profile

For 31 years, Ms. Boisa has devoted her life to education, including 30 years serving students and families at Woodcreek High School in the Roseville Joint Union High School District. To call Ms. Boisa a teacher does not begin to capture the impact she has had on generations of students, colleagues, and the entire school community. She is the kind of educator who changes lives, not through one extraordinary moment, but through thousands of daily choices to show up, listen, encourage, problem-solve, advocate, and care. Students know she will believe in them, colleagues turn to her when they need help, and schools can depend on her when challenges arise.

 

Throughout her career, Ms. Boisa has taught English, most notably as a highly respected AP Language teacher. She also teaches in the CTE Education Pathway, where high school students learn how to become teachers themselves and work with elementary students. Through this pathway, her influence extends beyond her classroom: she helps prepare the next generation of educators.

 

Her leadership extends throughout Woodcreek High School and the district. She serves as department chair, district English lead, site Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) lead, and a member of the site leadership team. In every one of these roles, she leads not for recognition, but because she genuinely wants students and educators to succeed. She sees potential in students, including students who may not yet see it in themselves. She creates classrooms where students are academically challenged while knowing they are supported as individuals.

 

As an AP Language teacher, Ms. Boisa has helped students develop not only the skills necessary to succeed academically but also the confidence to express their ideas, think critically, communicate effectively, and understand their own voices. Her work in the Education Pathway is equally profound. She teaches students how to teach. Her students learn about education, practice working with younger learners, and discover what it means to be responsible for someone else's growth. She is therefore influencing both the students sitting in her classroom today and the children those future educators will eventually teach. She makes people feel that they belong. She is the colleague who will stop what she is doing to help someone find an answer. If there is a problem, she doesn't just identify it; she helps develop a solution. If a colleague is struggling, she offers support. If a student needs an advocate, she steps forward. Her influence has created a culture of collaboration and care. She brings people together and makes those around her better.

 

Perhaps the clearest evidence of the atmosphere Ms. Boisa has created is what happened when she recently had to step away from school after learning that she is battling cancer. The entire school community immediately rallied around her students. Colleagues stepped up to take over her classes, support her students, and assume her leadership responsibilities for the remainder of the semester. That response says something extraordinary about her. It demonstrates how deeply she has invested in the people around her. She has spent decades building relationships based on trust, generosity, and mutual support, and when she needed support herself, the community she helped build surrounded her.

 

“No one is more deserving of recognition as a National Life Group LifeChanger of the Year. Ms. Boisa does not just teach; she changes lives,” said Bell.