Introducing the 2024-2026 Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellows!
Meet our 2024-2026 Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellows!
Two years ago, we welcomed our first set of Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellows for a pilot program that we hoped would bring a deeper understanding of translation to classrooms across the country. We invited applications and selected five talented teachers to come together for retreats, regular meetings, and brainstorm sessions to research the effects of and best practices for bringing multilingualism to students from all different backgrounds. And the results far exceeded our wildest dreams.
Over the course of the past two years, we’ve had two cohorts of Teaching Fellows dedicate time, effort, and sheer brainpower to advancing our project to bring poetry and translation to their classrooms. Together, they are building classroom practices that contextualize learning, inspire student achievement, leverage and affirm students’ cultural identity, incorporate source materials, and develop creativity and critical thinking skills. These Fellows have published research papers in academic journals(opens in a new tab), presented at esteemed conferences, and most importantly, changed lives through their intentional curricula.
In 2024, we brought in our third annual cohort of Teaching Fellows—who are committed to not one, but two years of funding and support in their research practices. The 2024-2026 Teaching Fellows will each be introducing themselves to the Center for the Art of Translation community in due time, but we figured that the new year was the perfect time to congratulate them altogether.
Andrea Barnes is a Social Studies/ELA teacher at Vaux BPHS in Philadelphia, PA.
Anne Chaewon Jeong is a ESOL teacher at Francis Scott Key High School in Philadelphia, PA.
Jewel Sanchez is a English & English Newcomer teacher at San Leandro High School in San Leandro, CA.
M. Christopher Lopez-Cepero is an English teacher at San Leandro High School in San Leandro, CA.
Danielle Surrette is an ESL teacher at Claremont Academy in Worcester, MA.
Giovanna Lomanto is a poet and essayist with a tendency to play the same song on repeat until she has memorized every last note. She received her BA in English at U.C. Berkeley and finished her MFA at NYU, during which time she published two poetry collections and two mixed media chapbooks.
