AmeriCorps in Action

Crystal - Reading Corps member of MNGOT

Crystal Loken

“People in the university, people in the school district, and my Reading Corps supervisors were all very supportive. I would recommend it – I think it’s a really fabulous first step to being a teacher.”

Crystal had been tutoring with Reading Corps for two years when she heard about the Minnesota Grow Your Own Teacher program. She’d been contemplating her next career move, and the program seemed like the perfect way to get into the education field.

In 2024, Crystal earned her master’s of education and teaching license. You can now find her teaching at Sonnesyn Elementary!

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