Meet Sarah Lerner, an advisor for the yearbook and an English and journalism teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
On February 14th, 2018, 17 individuals at the school lost their lives to gun violence. In the aftermath of this tragedy, Sarah and her students wrote and published an award-winning yearbook in the space of a few months honoring the victims.
Sarah is passionate about mental health and advocating for gun reform. She was a finalist for both the Florida Scholastic Press Association Teacher of the Year and the Columbia Scholastic Press Gold Key Award. She also oversaw the publication of the student written anthology Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories. Follow Sarah on Twitter @mrs_lerner.
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