Cherise McBride UC Berkeley GSE, Bay Area Writing Project Cherise McBride is a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She teaches courses in the Multicultural Urban Secondary English Master’s and credential program on Digital Pedagogy and Practicum field supervision. She is also a Teacher Consultant with Bay Area Writing Project where she provides instructional coaching and professional development to in-service teachers. With a decade of experience teaching English in at the high school, adult school and community college levels, Cherise is committed to training urban educators to consider the multiple literacies and strengths that youth bring with them to the classroom, and to consider the ways that literacy is shifting in the 21st century.