Melissa Hughes

Melissa Hughes has been an English teacher for 17 years and is excited to begin her 2nd year of teaching Foundational Writing to freshmen at Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School in the Austin community. She taught at TEAM Englewood Community Academy for 9 years where she discovered the power of poetry through co-coaching a group of student poets in the Louder Than a Bomb Youth Poetry Festival. She has been a coach for nine years and was named a 2010 Coach of the Year. She is currently finishing her Master’s Degree at UIC in the Youth Development Program.