Jacqueline Kook

Jacqueline Kook
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Jacqueline Kook, Associate Director.

Jacqueline joins PPH with a range of experience in education and the arts that comes from teaching, program management, and policy research. Jacqueline graduated from Hamilton College with a B.A. in Public Policy and Dance, and a commitment to matching deserving youth with a fair and quality education. Jacqueline used her experiences in developing leadership and mentoring programs for women of color and performance choreography to teach English at an under-resourced all girls' school in South Korea. When she returned to the U.S., she managed and taught the Active Learning Leads to Literacy program at Leap, forging partnerships with the Department of Education, public school teachers, artists, and cultural institutions. Jacqueline firmly believes the creative arts and multiple literacies can engage all kinds and ages of learners to forge a participatory education. She employs this whether she is facilitating radio journalism, early childhood movement, or fitness classes. Jacqueline is a member of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and the recipient of a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship.

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In addition to these presenters, PPH Operations Manager Jacqueline Kook and DEI Video Team members Darnell Lubin, Kristian Roberts, and Helki Frantzen will also be there.

Our reporter, Jacqueline Kook brings us a report that looks at how residents are reacting to a recent community board vote to bring Cosco in as an addition to East Harlem.

Jacqueline Kook Program Coordinator (Active Learning Leads to Literacy, Early Childhood) (ext. 4)

Jacqueline Kook, Associate Director. Jacqueline joins PPH with a range of experience in education and the arts that comes from teaching, program management, and policy research. Jacqueline graduated from Hamilton College with a B.A. in Public Policy and Dance, and a commitment to matching deserving youth with a fair and quality education. Jacqueline used her experiences in developing leadership and mentoring programs for women of color and performance choreography to teach English at an under-resourced all girls' school in South Korea. When she returned to the U.S., she managed and taught the Active Learning Leads to Literacy program at Leap, forging partnerships with the Department of Education, public school teachers, artists, and cultural institutions. Jacqueline firmly believes the creative arts and multiple literacies can engage all kinds and ages of learners to forge a participatory education. She employs this whether she is facilitating radio journalism, early childhood movement, or fitness classes. Jacqueline is a member of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and the recipient of a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship.

Jacqueline Kook is the Operations Officer for PPH.Jacqueline's first experience in community radio was in high-school with the school's FM radio station.She continued radio in college, but traded the airwaves for other forms of community organizing and coalition building.Since 2005 Jacqueline has been working in education and the non-profit sector as a teacher and administrator.While using creative writing, games, and various arts to teach English as a Second Language to high-school students in Korea, she experienced how education as a process of knowledge-sharing and communication could connect people in profound ways.She continues to use creative arts and inventive methodologies to exchange information whether she is teaching early childhood literacy, adult computer literacy, or health and movement classes.Jacqueline is the New York City chapter co-leader for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, and the recipient of a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship.