Joy Tutoring

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After graduating from the University of Georgia in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and a double minor in Spanish and Political Science, Blakeney moved to Jackson, Wyoming, for 8 years where she taught Pre-K and eventually became the director of the preschool. In 2019, she decided to pursue a career as a Speech-Language Pathologist.
Blakeney is currently a Master's student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program as well as enrolled in a graduate certificate program for Dyslexia and other learning disabilities at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. She has additional specialized training in reading instruction through Orton-Gillingham.
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Maddie Lesser is a PhD candidate in English at UC Berkeley. She grew up in south Florida, and attended Dartmouth College before moving out to the Bay Area. She has taught classes to Berkeley undergraduates on a wide range of subjects, from Milton to the graphic novel, and developed a writing curriculum for the Berkeley Sociology department. She has a true passion for sentence level clarity! In her free time, Maddie loves to run, bake, and read aloud with her husband and dog.
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Cassandra loves serving as a mentor and strongly believes in the power of education as a tool for empowerment as well as a crucial pathway to making change in and for our communities. Her commitment to lifelong learning fosters a deep passion for travel, learning from people around the world, and interrogating the systems that cause harm to our communities. She is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Botswana. She has a master’s degree in public affairs from Indiana University, with a concentration in international development. For undergrad she went to Virginia Tech, majoring in environmental policy and planning, and minoring in Women’s and Gender Studies and Political Science.
Cassandra is a feminist, womanist activist working in sexual and reproductive health education. In her current role, she focuses on destigmatizing abortion and developing justice-informed curricula. She is passionate about supporting women and girls, emphasizing the need to prioritize q***r and trans women and girls of color.
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