Elise is an IB English teacher at a public school in Minnesota. Toedt co-facilitates her school’s chapter of Dare 2 Be Real, a regional anti-racist student leadership group. As a poet, Elise views the classroom as a process-oriented space and is continually working to self-educate and engage in the learning process alongside students. Prior to teaching in the United States, Elise taught at an international IB school outside of Jakarta, Indonesia.
