Lyn Davis 
From Yard to Foreign 

The story illuminates the social and emotional challenges faced by immigrant children as they attempt to find their voices and themselves as early adolescents in a new country. It provides a personal reflection and perspective on the challenges faced by many students whose parents migrate from the West Indies to, more often than not, a larger country, but whose final destination landed them in the United States in hopes of making a better life for themselves and their children.

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Ms. Davis is a Special Education teacher in Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Davis has worked diligently within the predominantly Caribbean community where she was raised, to become an agent for change. Ms Davis has taught and assisted families in the East Flatbush community for over 15 years. She constantly seeks out and utilizes resources to support and improve her teaching whilst increasing the learning potential of her students. By writing grants and seeking out educational opportunities and experiences for her student through her active participation in the Urban Advantage science program and the Donor’s Choose program just to name a few. Ms. Davis graduated with honors from Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY with a B.A. and M.A. in English and a duel M.S. in Educational Leadership. She has also successfully completed a dual Masters in Special and General Education at The Bank Street College of Education, New York, New York.