Stacey Saady has been a teacher for over 20 years and currently teaches high school at Ark Independent Studies in Santa Cruz, California. She has a Masters in Literature with an emphasis on war trauma and for the past 5 years she’s been developing Holocaust and genocide studies curriculum. She has attended extensive professional development through the California Teachers Collaborative with Facing History, the Museum of Tolerance, Echoes & Reflections, ADL, and the USC Shoah Foundation. This summer she will attend Yad Vashem’s 11th International Conference for Educators: Holocaust Education in a Global Context and the 2024 Echoes & Reflections Educational Journey Through Poland with Yad Vashem.