Iris Laurencio

Iris Laurencio has been with Morningside Center for eight years. She has trained hundreds of NYC teachers in restorative practices and social emotional learning and has supported after-school directors and staff in integrating SEL and racial equity into their programs. She has also led dozens of workshops for teachers and guardians, helping them engage in brave conversations about race and promoting strategies for emotional well-being, both in young people and in themselves. Iris has extensive international experience as well, including two years in Indonesia teaching cross-cultural communication at the University of Malang, and three years of service with the Peace Corps, for which she worked as an education volunteer in the Dominican Republic. She was also a language teacher in Chicago's public school district. Iris holds a B.A. in Spanish Literature, and master's degree in Cross Cultural Communications and TESOL.