. Jill A Christensen . Unit of Study on the Himalayan Region. Seattle, Washington .

Jill Christensen is a high school English teacher in the Seattle Public Schools. She has taught in both New York and Seattle after earning her master's in English Education at New York University. She has taught for six years and enjoys working with students to make authentic connections between the text and students' lives. She is married and has a fiesty dachshund named Havana and a cat named Leland. You can email her at jachristense@seattleschools.org.

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