About+the+Instructor

Laura Hirshfield is an English teacher at Acton-BoxboroughRegionalHigh School, in Acton, MA. Laura has been teaching English for six years, and after attending a summer institute at the AhimsaCenter atCal Poly Pomona in 2011, she was inspired by nonviolent living, its possibilities for cur-ricular innovation, and the opportunity to work with likeminded colleagues to build a community of pas-sionate, em powering educators. In 2011, she founded a nationwide professional development program called Teachers in India, where educators study nonviolence for three weeks in India with Jain professionals and scholars.