Jennifer Onopa

English Teacher

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Houston, Texas, United States

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Timeline
About me
Theater Director and Educator / Theater Maker / Educational Consultant / Grant Writer
Education
- NYU
  2002 - 2005
  Master of Arts (M.A.) Secondary English Education
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
  2015 - 2018
  Master of Fine Arts - MFA Theater Directing
- Penn State University
  1993 - 1997
  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Theater Arts
Experience
- The School for Human Rights (NYCDOE)
  Sept 2005 - Jun 2008
  English Teacher
- Vanguard High School (NYCDOE)
  Sept 2008 - Aug 2015
  Reading and Writing Teacher
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Sept 2015 - May 2022
  Instructor of Theater
- Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School
  Aug 2018 - Aug 2021
  Theater Teacher, Director, and Department Leader
- Mount Holyoke College
  Jan 2019 - Jun 2022
  Lecturer
- Amherst Regional Middle School
  Aug 2021 - Jun 2022
  Drama Teacher
- Lone Star College
  Aug 2022 - now
  Adjunct Professor
- Alley Theatre
  Aug 2022 - now
  - Primary Programs Co-Manager
    May 2023 - now
  - Teaching Artist
    Aug 2022 - now
Licenses & Certifications
- National Board Certification in Adolescent Literacy
  Mar 2011
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Jennifer Onopa
  New England Foundation for the Arts New Work/New England grant awardee - Mar 2021 Awarded $12000 in the pilot year of this program to help fund a large-scale outdoor community-centered performance created by the Re/Emergence Collective.
- Awarded to Jennifer Onopa
  Fulbright Teachers of Excellence Award TEA/IREX affiliated with US State Department Mar 2011 I was awarded an opportunity to travel and learn with humanities teachers in Pune, India. As part of this program I facilitated multiple workshops in devised theater, creative practice, and US theater history for students in three colleges across the Symbiosis University System.
- Awarded to Jennifer Onopa
  Fund for Teachers grant winner Fund for Teachers Jun 2009 I was awarded a travel stipend to study puppetry and performance practices in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Bali, Indonesia along with an art teacher colleague.