“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, and many other roles (2013-present)
- The Bay Area Writing Project @ UC Berkeley, Returning Summer Institute Fellow (2025), Summer Institute Coach (2023, 2024), Summer Institute Fellow (2022), Teacher Consultant
- Yoga Flow, Vinyasa Yoga Teacher (2020-present)
Beliefs and Values
- Curiousity (“How do I/we/you know that?” + “Why?”)
- Wonder (constantly moving from big picture to details)
- Authenticity (all relationships are a trust building exercise)
- Process>Product (although products are lovely indicators of work!)
- Intuition built from experience (this process is inherently messy and that’s okay!)
- Equitable access in systemic structures
- Revision is necessary is every context of our work (“the rugged work of revision”–Kiese Laymon)
