Current & Past Work
Forthcoming Titles
Educator & Community Discussion Guides
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
Becoming YA Edition by Michelle Obama
Let Me Hear a Rhyme Tiffany D. Jackson
All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani
We Are Not From Here By Jenny Torres Sanchez
The Beautiful Struggle YA Edition by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Zonia’s Rainforest by Juana Martinez-Neal
Hemingway by Ken Burns (Documentary)
Dreams From My Father YA Edition by Barack Obama
When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez
A Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice Caldwell
Star Child by Ibi Zoboi
Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again
A Year To The Day by Robin Benway
(Coming Soon)
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
(Coming Soon)
Online Publications
“Riding Schools of Reading Trauma” American Libraries Magazine
“Going Gradeless in Urban Education” -teachersgoinggradeless.com
“The Switch to Genrefication” — American Libraries Magazine
Professional Accomplishments and Accolades
MAEd, MA, MLIS (2023)
- NCTE Affiliate President – Colorado Language Arts Society
- Past President, 2015-2016
- Assistant Online Editor, Statement, 2012-Present
- NCTE Diversity and Inclusivity Task Force Member – 2016-2019
- NCTE Executive Board Member 2018-2020
- Divergent Award for Excellence in Literary Advocacy 2020 (with #DisruptTexts)
- NCTE CLAS High School Teacher of Excellence 2020
- ALAN Board of Directors
- Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee Member 2020-2022
- Educolor Steering Committee Member 2020-Present
- Book Love Foundation Board Member 2020-Present
- Library Journal Mover and Shaker 2020
- Denver Public Schools Distinguished Educator 2017, 2018, 2019