Lorena and Roberto German

Lorena is a two time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti racist and anti bias education. She’s been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Rethinking Schools, EdWeek, Learning for Justice Magazine, and more.

She published The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook, and her next book Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices (Heinemann 2021) is about curriculum & lesson development focused on social justice.

She’s a co-founder of #DisruptTexts and Multicultural Classroom. Lorena is also the Chair of NCTE’s Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida where she is a mami and wife- two of her most important roles.