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Sonya Brown
Humanities Faculty
Recipient of the Boston Teacher of the Year Award 2004, Ms. Brown has been teaching in the Boston Public Schools for seven years, four of those at Boston Arts Academy. She received her B.A. in Government and Philosophy from Harvard University, and specialized in teaching and curriculum development at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Previous to BAA, she worked at Harvard's Institute for the Arts and Civic Dialogue exploring how artists can use their work to promote social justice. A dancer herself, Ms. Brown studied jazz and ballet in high school and college, West African dance forms, hip-hop, flamenco, and currently focuses on salsa. Her work with adolescents began as director of two Boston youth programs: Boston Area Health Education Center's Middle School Program and a teen crisis intervention hotline. In addition to her formal
education and professional experience, Ms. Brown career preparation includes extensive world travel. She has visited and lived in several areas outside of the U.S. including Finland, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Italy, France, Spain, Yugoslavia, Portugal and Morocco. Most recently, she was able to combine her love of dance and love of travel through a grant she received from Boston Plan For Excellence to research Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance in Cuba.
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