Immigrant students are the leaders of tomorrow. As we strive to better integrate and educate our immigrant students, The ILC Public Education Institute thanks the following esteemed educators from across the United States who presented at our Immigrant Student Success online workshops and the organizations that spread the word about this important work. Thank you!
2023 Presenters:
Ayanna Cooper, EdD
Consultant and Author; Instructor, Howard University School of Education
Emily Crawford-Rossi, PhD
Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, PK12 Leadership and Policy, University of Missouri
Jill Eisenberg
Vice President of Business Development, Curriculum & Literacy Strategy, Lee & Low Books
Anna Fan
Education and Career Advisor, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Nyal Fuentes
College and Career Specialist, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Andrea Keenan
Director of College and Career Counseling and Program Chair, Excel Academy Charter High School
Jessica Lander
coauthor, Powerful Partnerships: A Teacher’s Guide to Engaging Families for Student Success
Maher Mahmood
former translator, U.S. Army
Sulynn Miao
Content and Curriculum Manager, Immigrant History Initiative
Amber Miller
Adult Education ESL Instructor, Austin Community College
Sally Nobinger
Advising Coordinator, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Laurianne Posch
Education and Career Advisor, The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Wilma Robles-Meléndez, PhD
Professor of Early Childhood Education, Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice, Nova Southeastern University Florida
Carmel Salhi, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Sonja Thomas, PhD
Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Colby College
Past Presenters:
David Aguayo
University of Missouri,
Educational Leadership and Policy
Monica Bauer
Anti-Defamation League
Andrea Bien, PhD
Boston University
Candace J. Black, PhD
Boston College School of Social Work
Julie Bradley
Teaching Tolerance advisory board member
Steve Burby
Brentwood School District
Sara Burnett
LMNO Educational Consulting
Cynthia Carvajal, PhD
Initiative on Immigration and Education, City University of New York
Barbara Cervone
What Kids Can Do
Carol Chandler-Rourke
University of Massachusetts Boston
Jean-Michel Dissard
producer, I Learn America
Lisa Dorner
University of Missouri /
Missouri Dual Language Network
Dawn E. Duncan
Concordia College / Narrative 4
Liz Dawes Duraisingh
Project Zero
Susan Eaton
Brandeis University
Westy Egmont
Immigrant Integration Lab
at Boston College
Jill Eisenberg
Lee & Low Books
Laura Gardner, MSW
Immigrant Connections
Christiana Gianetta
The Immigrant Learning Center
Alaísa Grudzinski
Molloy College
Jake Halpern
author, Welcome to the New World
Marcia Drew Hohn
The ILC Public Education Institute
Andrea Honigsfeld
Molloy College
Laura M Jimenez, PhD
Boston University
Silja Kallenbach
World Education, Inc.
Amaha Kassa
African Communities Together
Tatyana Kleyn
City College of New York
Andy Koppel
The Immigrant Learning Center
Eileen Kugler
Embrace Diverse Schools
Katie Li
Charlestown High School; Internationals Network for Public Schools
Kathy Lu
Immigrant History Initiative
Sarah Lynn
Pearson English Language Teaching
Chiara Magini
The ILC Public Education Institute
Julie Mann
Newcomers High School, NY
Kathleen McGovern, PhD
University of Southern Maine
Amy Melik
Teaching Tolerance advisory board member
Christina Michaud, EdM
Arts and Sciences Writing Program, Boston University
Fatuma Mohamed
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services
Denzil Mohammed
The Immigrant Learning Center’s Public Education Institute
Julia Mushalko
Tenement Museum
Rachel Peric
Welcoming America
Theo Rigby
iNation Media
Lorna Rivera
University of Massachusetts Boston
John Rogers
Institute for Democracy, Education and Access, UCLA
Susan Rojas
The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Federico Salas-Isnardi
FSI Diversity and Educations
Jared Sanchez
University of Southern California
Sarang Sekhavat
MA Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Michael Sheridan
Community Supported Film
Sarah Sheya
Out of Eden Learn
Judy Shreves
Warren County Schools, MI
Kira Simon
Anti-Defamation League
Jinnie Spiegler
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Adam Strom
Re-imagining Migration
Patrick Sylvain
Brandeis University
Jalene Tamerat, EdD
Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education
Claire Tesh
LMNO Educational Consulting
Usha Tummala-Narra
Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Phitsamay Uy
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Elizabeth Venditto
formerly University of Minnesota
Julia Chang Wang
Immigrant History Initiative
Paul Watanabe, PhD
Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts
Partners:
ABE listserv
Brooklyn Public Library
Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS)
Cambio Center
CATESOL Inland Empire Chapter
Catholic Charities
Collaborative for Educational Services
Embrace Diverse Schools
English for New Bostonians
I Teach NYC
Immigration Advocate Network
Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network
MIDTESOL
MinneTESOL Journal
Re-Imagining Migration
Teach Immigration
The Teacher Collaborative
Young Non Profit Network
Young elected officials network