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Jessyca is an English teacher at Carman-Ainsworth High School in Flint, Michigan, who has used her voice and her story to inspire students and move them to action. Her students have been inspired to use creative expression to channel their responses to multiple social issues. In 2017, her students developed a collaboration with students in Lansing, Michigan, finding the power of their collective voices to advocate for clean water during the Flint water crisis. Along with teaching a course on social activism and research, she is a soccer coach at CAHS and has written two books, Simply: A

Dr. Aradhana Mudambi is an accomplished multilingual educator and social justice activist. She has her undergraduate degree from Rice University and a master’s degree and doctorate from Harvard University. She is currently the Director of ESOL, Bilingual Education and World Languages at Windham Public Schools where she founded Dos Ríos, the first one-way, developmental dual language program in New England. Dr. Mudambi is also an adjunct professor of intercultural communications at Eastern Connecticut State University and vice president of the Multistate Association for Bilingual Education,