Jude Marx

Lead Teacher (Publications), Jude Marx, grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and relocated to Maine to study English and Education at Bowdoin College. Jude pursued their passion for teaching multilingual learners through a teaching Fulbright in Puebla, Mexico and four years teaching ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) in Maine public schools. Jude holds a MSEd. in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages and is deeply committed to partnering with young people to transform our educational systems. A poet and artist herself, Jude believes in the power of creative storytelling as a tool for community building and empowerment.

The Telling RoomApril 23, 2021YEA, Publishing Workshop

Kathryn Williams

Teaching Artist Kathryn Williams is a young adult author, most recently of the novels Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff that Made Me Famous and The Storyteller (published in January 2022). Her nonfiction has appeared in numerous print and online publications, and she holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Sewanee School of Letters at the University of the South. Originally from Virginia, she's been in Maine since 2012 and teaching for The Telling Room since 2014. In the Young Emerging Authors program, she gets to help the next generation of poets and storytellers turn their words and their worlds into books.

Nick CourageMarch 16, 2021Staff, YEA