Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
Books written by me, Mia Wenjen.
Thank you so much to Coach Carl Tarabelli who reviewed The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship. Carl Tarabelli Needham High School Varsity Girls Soccer Coach – 2015 D1 State Champion Former NEFC Sr Staff Coach – 2016 U16 NPL National Champions Parent of 3 youth athletes, 2 that went on to play in college The…
The #OwnVoices hashtag movement started in 2015 on Twitter to give readers a chance to share books about diverse groups that were written by authors that belong in the same group. For instance, a book with a Black child as the subject would be written by a Black author. from Chicago Parent 25 #OwnVoices Books…
I’m partnering with Lucy Tseng, Founder of Resilientsee Coaching, to raise money for sponsored coaching sessions with her. She is a Mental Performance Coach for Athletes. Her purpose is to support athletes in pursuing a purposeful life after the glory day of sports. Resilientsee Coaching is focused on building communities of athletes and like-minded people who are thriving in…
The Tokyo Olympics are postponed for one year but we can still learn about Japanese culture. Did you know that sumo was being considered as an exhibition sport for the Tokyo Olympics? Sumo wasn’t chosen because only a few countries with a sizeable Japanese ex-pat population had sumo. Karate was chosen instead. But I think…
My Kickstarter children’s book campaign was a great excuse to catch up with classmates from a long time ago. I went to UCLA’s Anderson School for an M.B.A. nearly 30 years ago. My favorite extracurricular activity was this program called T.E.C. on Campus. It stood for The Executive Committee and it was run by a…