“I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.”
-Maxine Hong Kingston
Nichole Vaughan
THINKING, WRITING, TEACHING, AND EDUCATING
Work
- Sequoia High School, Health Careers Academy Coordinator, IB English Language and Literature teacher, Theory of Knowledge teacher (2013-present)
- The Bay Area Writing Project, Summer Institute Fellow (2022), Summer Institute Coach (2023, 2024), Returning Summer Institute Fellow (2025), Teacher Consultant
- Yoga Flow, Vinyasa Yoga Teacher (2020-present)
Beliefs and Values
- Curiousity
- Authenticity
- Process-driven
- Intuition built from experience
- Student-centered instruction
- Equitable access
Recent Influential Reads
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Empire of AI by Karen Hao
- The Transparency Society by Byung Chul Han
- “The End of Reading is Here” by Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic
