My name is Meg Griswold and I am a secondary educator. I teach high school English and Theory of Knowledge (TOK) at Graded, The American School of São Paulo. Before teaching in the high school at Graded, I taught middle school humanities and journalism. My husband, David, teaches high school math and computer science at Graded. We have three kids: Calvin (12), Matilda (10), and Everett (7).
Before teaching in Brazil, we lived in Nashville, Tennessee, where my husband and I taught at Harpeth Hall, an independent all-girls school. I taught 9th, 10th and 11th grade English, AP Language and Composition, and creative writing. Before moving to Nashville, we met as teachers in New York City public schools. I taught 6th grade humanities at the Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, and 8th grade English and reading intervention at New Heights Academy Charter School.
I have a master’s degree in English education and educational theater from NYU, and a bachelor’s degree in theater and Spanish from Case Western Reserve University. I spent my junior year of college in London, and I’ve also completed graduate-level education coursework at the University of New Hampshire and George Washington University.
I grew up as a third culture kid. I spent 5th and 6th grade in Mexico City at the American School Foundation, and 7th-12th grade in Caracas, Venezuela at Escuela Campo Alegre. I am fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and I have a bilingual IB diploma.
I have coached elementary swimming after school and in my free time I like to run, read, write, and play the mandolin.
Read a profile of me published in the Graded Gazette, December 2021.
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