Co-host Colby Sharp and Donalyn Miller are joined by Nawal Qarooni for this episode. Be sure to check out Nawal 's new book: Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care

Nawal Qarooni is a Jersey-City based educator and writer who supports a holistic approach to literacy instruction education spaces across the country. Drawing on her work as an inquiry-based leader and as a mother, Nawal’s pedagogy is centered in the rich and authentic learning all families gift their children every day. She is the author of Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Exalting Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care. She also serves on the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Advisory Board, which funds powerful literacy programming in the world.You can learn more about her work at NQCLiteracy.org. Follow her at @nqarooni on IG and @NQCLiteracy on X.