After spending the summer of 2024 designing a culturally responsive curriculum rooted in good literature, I implemented the very first iteration of Beyond the Page: SEL Through Stories, a literature-based SEL program, with my 9th graders and it was a success! 🎉

I'm trying to be snatched next summer but I also want Popeyes

#Libra Sun
Gemini Rising
Pisces Moon

I'm looking for all the Libras & Taurus folks lol Pisces too!

Hey y'all! Very excited to be part of #BlackSky 🌸

- High School ELA teacher 🍎
- Doctoral candidate ⭐️
- Co-founder of a nonprofit ❤️
- Avid reader 📚
- Spiritual woo-woo girl 🔮
- Love: all things reading, wellness, travel, makeup, photography, a good brunch, and a great play

It was actually recently! I had my kids work on narrative writing, swap stories and then "interview" each other. I had kids who never spoke in class speaking to their peers and so many of them were proud of what they'd written. 🥹

Currently reading:
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende