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title: Children's Author Joanna Ho Virtually Visits Downtown Campus
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# [Children's Author Joanna Ho Virtually Visits Downtown Campus](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/childrens-author-joanna-ho-virtually-visits-downtown-campus)

 Written by [Barbara Medina](https://blog.moravianacademy.org/blog/author/barbara-medina) | May 21, 2023 1:15:08 PM

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, Joanna Ho, virtually visited with Downtown Campus students.

Author of *Eyes That Kiss at the Corners*, *Eyes that Speak to the Stars*, and *Playing at the Border: The Story of Yo-Yo Ma,* spoke about her family's background, her journey to becoming a teacher and a writer, the writing process and gathering inspiration from everyday things, and did a read aloud.  Students voted on which story to read aloud, and *Playing at the Border: The Story of Yo Yo Ma* won! 

Joanna Ho has received the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature Honor, a Golden Kite Award, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, and a Golden Poppy Award.

She is a writer and educator with a passion for anti-bias, anti-racism and equity work. She holds a BA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s from the Principal Leadership Institute at Berkeley. She has been an English teacher, a dean, the designer of an alternative-to-prison program, a creator of educator professional development, and a high school vice principal.

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