Jessica Kuznick has worked as an educator for over 25 years in public schools, after-school programs and test prep companies. She has successfully coached students for a range of standardized tests (including PSAT, SAT, ACT, SSAT and others). Jessica holds a BA in English Literature from Harvard University and a Masters from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. In addition to her work in the classroom, she has 10+ years of experience as a curriculum designer for educational software and television, and began her career at Sesame Street.

Rich Tombeno is in his twenty-first year of teaching high school English, and his eighteenth year at Littleton High School. He has a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from Colorado College, an M.A.T. from Tufts University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the Solstice program at Lasell University (formerly of Pine Manor College). He student-taught at Arlington High School back in the Cretaceous Period (before smartphones and social media), and he is looking forward to teaching this class.