Amy Laboe

Amy Laboe is a third year doctoral student in Social Foundations of Education.  Previously, she taught ESL (English as a Second Language) in Minneapolis, Minnesota and abroad in Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico for 15 years.  Her research interests are focused primarily in the field of anthropology of education on topics such as, teacher identity, transnational migration, and the culture of schools and classrooms.  As a PVI fellow, Amy will be exploring the experience of return for transnational Mexican students who have previously spent their formative years in preK-12 schools in the U.S., and now suddenly find themselves in the Mexican education system, straddling two worlds, and balancing two identities.