Marisol Bien Teachworth Walton, School Innovator | 2024 Skillman Visionary Awardee

The Skillman Visionary Awards is a celebration of education changemakers who nurture the brilliance and power of Detroit youth.
Marisol Bien Teachworth Walton is a lifelong Detroit educator and community organizer who fosters and amplifies the power of Detroit youth as creative thinkers and leaders who advocate for and construct a just future.
Teachworth co-founded The James and Grace Lee Boggs School, a community-based public charter school on the eastside of Detroit. The Boggs School, now in its 11th year, employs a placed-based model of learning for K-8 students that mixes traditional instruction with immersion in and service to the community around it.
Today, Teachworth co-leads the Detroit Summer program, first founded by James and Grace Lee Boggs, which has inspired hundreds of youth through art and service projects that question their assumptions, support their community, and advocate for their rights. Additionally, she is the director of youth development at the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation. Through all the hats she wears, Teachworth devotes her time to advancing educational equity and nurturing Detroit youth to be creative, critical thinkers who understand themselves and the power they possess.
-- About the Skillman Visionary Awards --
Bestowed annually, the Skillman Visionary Awards recognize up to 10 individuals who are transforming the education system into a more equitable model for all. Visionaries represent a mix of educators, organizers, policy movers and other essential leaders working across Detroit education.
Learn more at skillmanvisionary.org
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