Education for Children with Special Needs

Michele Hong was a Hart Fellow in the Philippines with the Community of Learners Foundation (COLF) from 2000-01. She helped with documentation (photography and newsletters) for school events and community outreach projects, and worked on a cultural exchange project between the COLF school and an arts camp in North Carolina.

Michele graduated from Duke in 2000 with a major in psychology. After completing her Hart Fellowship, Michele worked with Asian Human Services in Chicago, Illinois before pursuing a graduate degree with the Specialized Masters Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, focusing on informal learning, documentation, and immigrant communities.