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MAT Student Ambassadors

The Student Ambassador Program is designed to connect prospective students with current Brown Education graduate students.

Student Ambassadors are students who are currently enrolled and have been selected as program representatives for the academic year. These students can offer their perspectives and insight on the program and the University and serve as a resource for prospective students. If you're interested in talking with them, please fill out the form below.

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2023-2024 MAT Student Ambassadors

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    Celenah Watson

    Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Urban Education Fellow, MAT Student Ambassador
    celenah_watson@brown.edu
    Subject Social Studies

    Hometown: Hackensack, NJ     
    Education: Brown University, Education Studies, 2023     

    Celenah Watson (she/her) is a graduate student at Brown University, pursuing her Master of Arts in Teaching in Social Studies. Celenah was born in Detroit, MI, but grew up in Hackensack, NJ, where she attended local public elementary and middle schools. As an undergraduate at Brown University, Celenah assisted with her professors' research on racial disparities in school discipline, ways in which educators can improve student learning and retention in STEM classes, and on school/classroom interventions targeted toward student academic achievement. She spent her final semester at Brown volunteering with a bilingual classroom of 3rd graders at William D'Abate Elementary, a public school in Providence, RI. With her MAT, Celenah is looking forward to being a Social Studies teacher for middle and/or high school students in Providence Public Schools. In her free time, Celenah loves to listen to music, take walks, and Facetime with her nephews. 

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    Doré Young

    Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Urban Education Fellow
    dore_young@brown.edu
    Subject Science

    Hometown: Portland, OR    
    Education: BA in Environmental Chemistry from Colorado College, 2023    

    Doré Young has wanted to be a teacher since 8th grade. This ambition prompted her to use high school as job shadowing and teach at MESD Outdoor School in Oregon, where she sang silly songs and unearthed many earthworms. She was later crowned a Portland Rose Princess and received the Friends of Outdoor School scholarship. At Colorado College, she was the Student Body President, won the Exceptional Engagement in Diversity and Inclusion Award, and totally fell in love with chemistry. Doré is excited to show students that pouring from containers to other containers (one of our most primal human instincts) can serve as a way to a brighter future. Along with being a scientist, she is a choreographer excited to expand her creative horizon Eastward. After completing the MAT program, Doré will stay in Rhode Island as an Urban Education Fellow.

2023-2024 Combined Baccalaureate/MAT Program Student Ambassador

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    Amy Gaulke

    Combined Baccalaureate/MAT Program Student Ambassador
    amy_gaulke@brown.edu

    Hometown: Aitkin, MN    
    Education: Senior at Brown University concentrating in Biology class of 2024     

    Amy Gaulke (she/her) is currently a senior at Brown University concentrating in Biology A.B. She is a member of the MAT 2025 cohort and a recipient of the Urban Education Fellowship. Amy volunteers with Brown Elementary After school Mentoring (BEAM) and spent the past summer assistant teaching at Nah Ah Shing Schools in Minnesota. Amy hopes to become a high school biology teacher at low-income schools.