This professional development was commissioned by the Maine Department of Education and produced by the nonprofit I’m Your Neighbor Books.
Pine Voices
Michelle Amato, Lead Educator
Dezh Azaad, Author
Abusana Micky Bondo, Educator
Xavier Botana, Educator
Kirsten Cappy, I’m Your Neighbor Books
Leonarda Carranza, Author
Aris Ayala Cruz, Educator
Louise El Yaafouri, Author & Educator
Melissa Guerrette, Consulting Educator
Ange Ishimwe, Undergraduate
Terry Catasús Jennings, Author
Melanie Junkins, Maine DOE
Francie Latour, Author
Anne Sibley O’Brien, Author/Illustrator
Muon Thi Van, Author
Andrea Wang, Author
M.O. Yuksel, Author
Pine Content Creators
Michelle Amato, Lead Educator
Kirsten Cappy, I’m Your Neighbor Books
Melissa Guerrette, Consulting Educator
Melanie Junkins, Maine Department of Education
Inspired by the 18 educators in the Pine Project pilot and the innumerable educators and community members whose words and work we have learned from.
Pine Project Leads
Kirsten Cappy, I’m Your Neighbor Books
Melanie Junkins, Maine Department of Education
Project Assistants
Ange Ishimwe
Dhananji Rathnayake
Pine Producer
Funders
ESSER (CRRSA and Emergency) funds received from the US Department of Education (USDOE) support the implementation of this project. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by the USDOE or the U.S. Government.
