Facilitator

NOUN

a person or thing that makes an action or process easy or easier.

"a true educator acts as a facilitator of learning"·

Ms. Camille has facilitated numerous in-person and virtual workshops, events, and meetings with Chicago Public high school students. She is well-practiced in co-creating engaging intergenerational, objective-based, and participant-centered gatherings.

Educator

NOUN

a person who provides instruction or education; a teacher.

"the perspective of a professional educator"

Ms. Powell is a Certified K-8 Teacher endorsed in Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. She has a wide breadth of teaching experience that includes classroom, reading and math intervention, tutoring of K-8th grade students, and Program Coordinator for a high school student activism fellowship. Her teaching philosophy centers on: individualized and small group instruction, hands-on, play.game-based, and sensory activities, student voice, parent involvement, community SWOTs, dialogue, and building community, intrinsic motivation, and agency.

Writer

NOUN

a person who has written a particular text.

"the writer of the letter"

Camille Joy is the writer and voice of the Listen or Leave Podcast, which began November 2020, and this site’s blog. She has also worked with City Bureau in 2019 to publish Q&As, resources, and stories regarding Black maternal health on Chicago’s north and west sides.