One of the things that drew me toward working with Expo was the recognition that students learn in many different ways. I come from a family of teachers*, so discussions around the family dinner table on all sides of the family often ranged from the politics of school district policies to behavior interventions for disruptive students to best practices for literacy. I always knew I was an auditory learner; I am drawn to sound and processes verbally. What I did not know was ho

This is a dispatch from my outpost in the East of Ghana, from the town Kpando in the Volta region. As the lucky Program Associate expanding our program in a new region, I’ve been scoping out the way for new programs as well as settling into a new area and culture. Kpando is a fairly small town right on the shore of Lake Volta, from which it can claim its importance as the local municipal and market trade center status. The fish and seafood sold here are delicious, and a lot i

Hi! My name is Anne Marie Simonsen and I come from Copenhagen, Denmark. I am going to be working as a Communications Manager for Exponential Education. I am very excited to get started and feel ready to dive into my new responsibilities in Kumasi. As my family is spread all over the world, I have travelled a lot and lived abroad for various periods ever since my childhood, which has made me addicted to travelling and exploring new countries. I have spent time in Asia, New Zea

Hello! My name is Riley, and I am a new Program Associate at Exponential Education. Originally from Connecticut, I went to college at Davidson College in North Carolina and majored in Anthropology. After studying abroad in Nepal and Tanzania during college, I moved to Botswana following graduation. As part of the Princeton in Africa Fellowship Program I taught at a secondary school in the capital city of Gaborone. As well as teaching Math and Geography classes, I ran service