Joanna Ho is the daughter of immigrants from Taiwan and China. is passionate about equity in books and education. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and received a BA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master's from the Principal Leadership Institute at Berkeley.
Ho has lived in: Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Accra, Ghana; Taipei, Taiwan; and currently lives in the Bay Area, California. She has been an English teacher, a dean, and a teacher professional development mastermind. She is currently the vice principal of a high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Homemade chocolate chip cookies, outdoor adventures, and dance parties with her kids make Joanna's eyes crinkle into crescent moons.
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