Yanira Benavides is the newest member of our TSUG Student Sub-Committee. She has been a Skyward user since 2008 when Skyward was first implemented at Pearland ISD. She was part of the Pearland ISD SIS team for a little over 20 years and served in different roles including SIS Administrator. She contributed greatly in the different areas of implementation, new processes and innovations across all modules of Skyward SMS 2.0.
Yanira is currently working for Friendswood ISD as the SIS Coordinator. She continues with her “thinking-outside-the-box” philosophy and finds new ways to streamline Skyward processes for all end-users. After completing her first year at Friendswood ISD, she was presented with the “Making the Difference” award and recognized for implementing new processes, cleaning up old processes and bringing forward new ideas for how Friendswood ISD utilizes Skyward in all areas from administrators, office personnel, teachers, students and parents.
Her school district says this about her: “Yanira came to us with extensive knowledge about how Skyward works and she has gradually rolled out these changes that have improved the end users’ experience in Skyward. She is always thinking of ways to improve our utilization of the system. Yanira works alongside our elementary and secondary teaching and learning teams to support the shifts and changes being made to redefine success for students. She is persistent in finding ways to meet the needs of those she serves. Her behind-the-scenes hard work does not go unnoticed.”
(10/2026)