Andrea Lowenkopf has taught literacy and literary strategies in Africa, Massachusetts and New York to middle, high school and graduate school students.  She has taught classes with labels such as ESL, Gifted, and Struggling.  Before becoming the Lead Regional Instructional Specialist for Region Nine (which encompasses two hundred schools from Chinatown to the South Bronx) she was the Coordinator of Literacy Staff Development for District Two, consulted around the country and worked at the Teachers College Writing Project. In all these roles Andrea supports literacy work across the curriculum, K-12 and for administrators.