Christine Chapman
Springfield High School - VT

Christine works for Springfield High School with the Occupational Development Program. She also teaches American Sign Language to grades K thru 5 in an after school program. She is a wife and mother of one son with two grandchildren (twins) She loves camping and being at the ocean as much as possible. Quilting is her hobby. "I am looking forward to this venture as a fantastic experience." She hopes to get some great photographs in black and white "I would like to capture the intensity of the land and its people. "

Nathan Turner
The Beacon School - NY

Nathan teaches 10th and 11th grade history at a college preparatory public high in New York City. His extracurricular activities include: coordinating the Gay/Straight Alliance, coaching the debate team and facilitating student trips to Venezuela, Cuba, and, most recently, a relief brigade to New Orleans. He got his BA at Carleton College ('93), an ABD at Emory University in Interdisciplinary Studies, and received his masters in the teaching of social studies from Teachers College in 2005.

Frank Redmond
Mt. Anthony Union High School - VT

Frank is a special educator and teacher of the deaf. He services students with language needs in English as well as helps coordinate services for students who have hearing loss. Frank has experience with people from a number of cultures from his work in the international department of a large bank in Boston, as well as involvement with groups that sponsored and supported Southeast Asians as they arrived in the United States after the Vietnam War. "I continue to have great interest in Asian populations and look forward to my travels sponsored by the Experiment in International Living this summer."

Christine Ferris-Hubbard
The Dorset School - VT

Chris is finishing her first year of teaching - in a 3rd grade. She lives in Salem, New York with her husband and two teenaged sons, a dog and two cats. Chris recently graduated with a Masters from the College of St. Joseph. She received a B.S. from Green Mountain College, where she took several courses that focused on China and Eastern religions. "After having read and studied about China, I am VERY excited at the prospect of being able to see first hand the things that I have spent many hours reading about. I am still amazed that I have this opportunity to go to China!"

Kraig Hannum
Manchester Elementary
Middle School - VT

Kraig is a middle school social studies teacher at Manchester Elementary Middle School. He lives with his wife and two sons in Dorset, Vermont.

Pamela Frost
Rutland High School - VT

Pam teaches Physical Education to grades 9-12 during the regular academic school year and teaches Marine Biology during the YES Plan (an experiential program during the last month of the school year). She travels with her Marine Biology students to places such as: The Caribbean, The Galapagos Islands, The coast of Maine, and Alaska. Her focus is primarily marine science and the culture and history of each region. When asked to apply for the EIL trip to China she was elated. She is eager to integrate her China experience into her Physical Education and Marine Biology classrooms.

Lina Chopra
Baruch College Campus High School - NY

Lina is finishing up her first year of teaching at Baruch College Campus High School in Manhattan. She teaches 11th grade pre calculus, a public speaking elective, and has a 9th grade advisory. "I'll miss New York City this summer, but can't wait to go to China!!"

 

Jane Wilde
Academy, Oak Grove and Green St. Elementary Schools - VT

Jane is a computer technologist who works with three elementary schools in Brattleboro Vermont. She has traveled in Europe and Africa. Until now Asia has seemed too far and too different to be approachable. "CHINA! I just can't believe that I am getting this opportunity."