Lorena Crespo

Lorena Crespo, a 2017 Vision Fellow, earned her Master’s in Education in Curriculum and Teaching through Fitchburg State University on-Island, which is affiliated with Adult and Community Education (ACE MV). Lorena accomplished this goal while working full-time at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Head Start program, teaching Spanish through ACE MV and starting a new part-time job teaching Spanish at the MV Public Charter School. Lorena subsequently earned a Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate through Simmons University in 2020.

As a Head Start home visitor for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, Lorena works with Brazilian families, helping them to be part of the greater community and to embrace a new culture and language through the power of art. When Lorena came to the United States from Ecuador 11 years ago with her young children, she spoke no English. Today, and since 2015, she teaches Spanish to Islanders for ACE MV.