142. HGSE Global Citizen: Colleen Tully: Advocating for Vulnerable Communities through Visual Arts Education and Trauma-Informed Care

Colleen Tully is an indigenous and latina educator who is an education advocate for undocumented students and refugee students in foster care. She works at the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie in New York. Her personal story of uncovering and honoring her own indigenous and latina roots informs the work she does with vulnerable communities. She emphasizes the need to be empathetic and sensitive to cultural contexts. The work she does with students who come from trauma backgrounds to arrive in the United States requires trauma-informed care to provide a sense of coming home for them. In this caring learning environment, she models what it means to be a global citizen through her genuine concern and support to have these resilient students know their true worth and brilliance. Enjoy the conversation!