Department of Education

Gina Ledor

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

Biography

Hometown: Berkeley, CA    
Education: Brown University, Bachelor of Arts in English, 2024   

Gina Ledor (she/her) recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from Brown University. At Brown, she has been deeply involved with the Providence refugee community, where she served as a coordinator and tutor for BRYTE (Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment). Gina has taught subjects ranging from high school geometry to elementary ESL, and she was granted an Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award to investigate the history of American middle-class dependency on cars and other energy-intensive forms of consumption. 

Currently, Gina is pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching in English, aiming to share her passion for literature as a powerful tool for introspection and social change. She plans to bring this vision to life as an educator in a public high school in the East Bay.

Beyond her academic and professional pursuits, Gina is also a proud activist, visual artist, climber, and singer in an acapella group, jazz combo, and country-shoegaze band. Her favorite book, as her friends all know, is Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle.