From Kendall

Hope for Literacy is an initiative of Hope for Tomorrow! Hope for Literacy was started in order to offer support to the teachers of nearly 60 pre-school classrooms across Guatemala City. As a part of this initiative, HFL offers teachers on-going professional development support in the form of annual professional development conferences, and monthly book-specific professional development materials.

This year we are proud to announce that our Annual Professional Development Conference will be attended by 200+ teachers from our current cohort and our next cohort of teachers. More than simply a larger audience, we are excited to bring even more expertise to this year's conference.

This year our speaking line up will include:

Dr. Jennifer Grisham - Professor at University of Kentucky

Melisa Morris, - Schools Metro Nashville Schools

Dr. Rena Hallam - Professor at University of Delaware

Dr. Sarah Hawkins-Lear - Professor at University of Kentucky

Dr. Megan Purcell - Clinical Associate Professor at Purdue University

Kerri Kannengieser, MS - Program Director, South Carolina Partnerships for Inclusion (SCPI)

Dr. JoAnn (JJ) Johnson - Emeritus Faculty, St. Cloud State University in Minnesota

Gay Stephens - Retired Speech/Language Pathologist and Elementary Counselor

Kellye Wedding, MS - Retired Speech/Language Pathologist

Kat Land, MS - High School Special Education

Brigid Taylor, MS - Special Education Teacher

Zuri Decker, MS - Early Childhood Educator

Cameron Tyrrell - Doctoral Student at University of Kentucky

Katherine Jordan - Doctoral Student at University of Kentucky

Dr. Marga Cañadas - Professor at Universidad de Católica de Valencia (UCV)

Ava Shoal Randel, MDiv - Fordham University

Kendall Aroldo Lee Brown, MDiv - Princeton Seminary

We are so excited to share our variety of expertise with so many teachers. Please help us make this conference the best it can be!

- Kendall