Migrations and Other Stories

Lisa Hernandez (M.S. Ed.) began as an AmeriCorps volunteer, teaching in remedial education sixteen years ago in Wilmington, DE. For the past five years, she has been sharing her particular brand of study skills at the high school level with students in the City of Philadelphia. She lives with her one child and two cats, and also writes of her experiences regarding the inherent value of the arts in education. She is very active in local educational theater and was the recipient of the 2006 Public Allies Change Maker Award for a decade of work with students in this area.