By Alissa Reicherter & Brooke Geller “Do you need some help?” Brooke heard while an outstretched arm reached out to her from above the dusty fold-up card table. She looked up, grabbed her colleague’s hand, and slowly crawled from under the table. She...
When I was relatively new to my career as a literacy staff developer, I counted the Dunkin Donuts that I passed as I drove over the George Washington Bridge and the Whitestone Bridge, traveling from New Jersey to Queens, where I would order a scooped-out toasted plain...
Hidden away on the top shelf in my home office sits a picture frame. It’s an ordinary picture frame: blue, wooden molding, and an overall worn-out vintage feel (even though it’s from Target). Most visitors look closely, expecting to see a family photo, maybe one...
When my son, Hunter, was a kindergartener, I attended the funeral of his beloved hermit crab, Burton, who lived a relatively short life in an expensive tank on a dresser next to a lego set in the shape of Darth Vader. The array of perfectly cut organic grapes went...
You might know Anthony Ramos, the star of the film version of In the Heights. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he got fired from a performance, and Lin-Manuel Miranda hired him on the same day. He later played John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Broadway...
