Fortune Cookie Messages of Healing

Presented by Allissa Robinson and Menaka Kannan. Write messages for individuals working through a challenging time and finding ways to heal.

Menaka Kannan is an 8th grade math teacher at Putnam Public Schools. She is also a former data analyst and manager with a demonstrated history of working in non-profit education and public schools. Skilled in data manipulation and storage, developing reports to guide actions in schools and communities, and project management. She holds an M.A. focused in Teaching, Elementary Education from Mary Baldwin College and a B.SC. in Biochemistry and French from University of Virginia.  

Allissa Robinson has served as an educator for over 20 years. She has worked as a classroom English teacher, ELL instructor, academic support teacher, and homeschool teacher to her daughter. Currently, she works with Paper, a company focused on providing equitable access to academic support, where she is a writing tutor. Allissa loves using creativity and the arts to explore meaningful themes and has done this as part of women's groups, classes for children, and at conferences and community gatherings.