Shawn Dove
Shawn, ’80, wrote for the very first Youth Communication publication in March of 1980. He has a degree in English from Wesleyan University and received a graduate degree in education administration from Teachers College at Columbia University. He has been co-director of the Countee Cullen Community Center at the Rheedlen Foundation (which became the Harlem […]
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Veronica Chambers
Veronica Chambers, ’89, is the author of over a dozen books and is best known for her critically acclaimed memoir, Mama’s Girl which has been adopted by courses in hundreds of high schools and colleges throughout the country. She has been a senior editor at the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, and Glamour.
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Lisa Denerstein
Lisa, ’88, was a New York City Teaching Fellow and is a high school teacher in the city. She has also worked at various film, broadcast, and print media jobs, and as a quilter. She received a BS degree in broadcast communications from Long Island University C.W. Post Campus and a master’s degree in English […]
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Sheila Maldonado
Sheila, ’91, is the author of one-bedroom solo (Fly by Night Press, 2011), her debut poetry collection.Her poems have appeared in Rattapallax, Callaloo and Me No Habla with Acento: Contemporary Latino Poetry. She teaches creative writing for The City University of New York and Teachers & Writers Collaborative. She holds degrees in English from Brown […]
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