The moment everything changed. Some emails change your life. And sometimes, if you’re lucky, you don’t open them alone. I clicked. I didn’t even get a chance to read it out loud before the screaming started. My students knew I had applied for the FFT fellowship, as I used their input to write the grant.…
I owe this whole adventure to my superintendent. She’s the one who sent out the email about Fund for Teachers, and if she hadn’t, I probably never would have known this opportunity existed. One little forwarded email and suddenly my whole summer — and honestly, my life — took a turn I never expected. I…