AWARDS:
Limited Resources Teacher Training (LRTT) fellow, Uganda, 2018
Sontag Prize in Urban Education, 2017
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, New Paltz, 2016
Fishman Prize for Superlative Classroom Practice -Honor Roll, 2015
Gilder-Lehrman Fellow, Harvard College, 2014
Distinguished Fulbright Award in Teaching, Finland, 2012-13
Orange County Distinguished Service Award, July 2012
Outstanding Teacher Leader Award, NECSD, 2011
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts
State University of New York at Purchase major: Literature 2002
Master of Arts in Teaching ELA 7-12
State University of New York at New Paltz 2007
EXPERIENCE:
Excelsior Academy, NECSD
- English Teacher 9/2007-present
HUDSON VALLEY WRITING PROJECT, New Paltz
- Co-Director 2016-present, Teacher Consultant 1/2009-8/2016
BARD PRISON INITIATIVE, Bard College, NY
- Writing Tutor 12/2004 – 2007
PRESS:
Senator Larkin Recognizes NFA English Teacher for Prestigious Fulbright Award Distinction
an educator's re-education 
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You are awesome. Just saw your flip-book movie about the privatization of our public schools. Thank you for making that for all of us. I’m a CA ELA teacher who taught 5 years in San Francisco, 2 in New York, 1 in Los Angeles, and now in first year in Orange County which is a trip. Keep up the good work and thank you again.
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You are my hero, Christine! We watched your :A Message to Parents…” in Student Teaching Seminar last night. I also loved your post on Finnish hockey!
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog xx
Can’t wait to start reading about this incredible opportunity in Finland!! All the luck, read you soon, Alexandra (an architect teaching Advanced English in Mexico…)