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How did this project come about? This project was commissioned by Dr. Janel Hinrichsen and the Center for Diné Teacher Education in the spring of 2004. The funds for the project were part of a grant from the Native American College Fund to the Center for Diné Teacher Education. What is the mission of the Center for Diné Teacher Education? CDTE supports Navajo Nation schools and communities by preparing educators to promote linguistically and culturally appropriate schooling for Navajo and all other learners. Who created this project? Susan Latham is a multimedia journalist living on the Navajo Nation in Lukachukai, AZ. Latham was commissioned to produce Understanding No Child Left Behind: Navajo Perspectives for the Center for Diné Teacher Education. Latham produced the photography, interviews and designed the website for this project. Latham graduated from The Graduate School of Journalism at University of California at Berkeley in May 2004. Prior to graduate school, Ms. Latham spent more than twelve years working at daily newspapers as a staff photographer. Ms. Latham's work has been published in The Navajo Times, San Jose Mercury (CA) News, Bangor (ME) Daily News, Ogden (UT) Standard Examiner and Santa Fe New Mexican. While at UC Berkeley Latham produced Living with the Memory, a multimedia website about families coping with homicide and loss in the African American community of Oakland, California. You can visit this site at: livingwiththememory.com Latham can be reached at sblath@aol.com.
copyright 2004 Susan Latham

Copyright 2004 Susan Latham