Our RPP’s 2021 Symposium for Understanding and Improving Educator Well-Being: A Hybrid Event on K12 Mental Health Needs in the Paso del Norte Region provided 1) regional mental health data, 2) secondary trauma, burnout, and stress insights, and 3) an opportunity for mindfulness. Given the impacts of COVID-19, district leaders and partners prioritized teacher well-being, requesting research in this area. In response, we launched an ongoing study examining teacher well-being with one rural school district partner in West Texas. We collaboratively determined to focus on early childhood education (ECE) teacher (i.e., pre-k) stress, specifically beginning with pre-k teachers. (author abstract)