Spring 2024: Page 66 and a Pivot After school one day, I was tabling for Girls on the Run, trying to connect with families attending a basketball game and recruit new participants for the upcoming season. A colleague stopped by my table, and we chatted about the sheer exhaustion we were dealing with as new […]
During my first hour planning period, you can most likely find me, door closed, with a calm classroom playlist turned up, drowning out the sound of hallway chaos. Working in the public school system is exhausting. The demand to simultaneously act as an educator, therapist, nurse, and coach can often feel like navigating a toxic
I began my search for a Master’s program with the belief that being poor does not mean that someone should miss out on a quality education. This belief stemmed from teaching middle school in a Title 1 district and from my own fractured education. As a Hurricane Katrina kid, I attended many different elementary schools,
Kelsey is a 30-year-old recent graduate of Douglas J. Aveda Institute Cosmetology School. Before entering the world of cosmetology as an adult learner, Kelsey earned her Bachelor of Arts in Apparel and Textile Design from Michigan State University and spent many of her post-grad years working in commercial fashion design in New York and Detroit.
