Rafael Pellizzer Soares is a Brazilian educator, researcher, and former school leader with over twenty-five years of experience in mathematics education and pedagogical leadership across South and North America. Currently based on Treaty 6 lands— the traditional gathering place for diverse First Nations, including Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Dene, and Métis peoples, who have lived here since time immemorial— in what is now known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he serves as a principal instructor with the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) at the University of Alberta. His work explores story-listening as a relational, decolonial, and improvisational pedagogy grounded in Critical, Indigenous, and Clown (CIC) perspectives. His teaching and research approaches emphasize the creation of mistake-friendly, culturally responsive, and non-linear learning environments that support an educational journey focused on nurturing minds, hearts, bodies, and spirits.