Discussion Guide Writer: Geoffrey Gaurano

Geoffrey Gaurano (Ed.M.) has over ten years of experience in K-12 education as a former teacher and middle-school principal. He has deep expertise in literacy instruction, curriculum writing, and social-emotional and social justice learning. He was most recently the educational consultant for YouTube Originals' The Guava Juice Show. He developed the show’s educational approach on civics and community using the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Social Justice Standards: Teaching Tolerance Anti-Bias Framework. Above all, Geoffrey is passionate that children’s content is entertaining and appealing so that educational takeaways resonate and reach young viewers.

Discussion Guide Producer, POV |Courtney B. Cook, PhD

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Asad Muhammad | Vice President of Impact and Engagement Strategy, POV

This resource was created, in part, with the generous support of the Open Society Foundation.