Nawal Qarooni

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Nawal Qarooni is an educator, literacy coach, and writer who supports dozens of schools in a holistic approach to literacy instruction. The proud daughter of immigrants, mothering four young multiethnic kids shapes the way she understands education. She is a former newspaper reporter and is a contributing writer for We Need Diverse Books in addition to the literacy instruction and leadership site Choice Literacy.

Nawal holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in teaching from Brooklyn College, and a master’s in journalism from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. She won a New Jersey Press Association Award for her international reporting and transitioned into education as a New York City Teaching Fellow. Nawal lives in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood and is an avid reader herself. You can find her reading aloud to her kids, biking around Chicago’s Logan Square, or on Twitter @NQCLiteracy. Learn more about her work at NQCLiteracy.com.