Joy Scantlebury

Joy Scantlebury has always been interested in different cultures and second language acquisition, having gone to Sao Paulo, Brazil as a student ambassador while a junior in high school. As an undergraduate student at Smith College with a minor in Spanish, Joy also traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica, where she volunteered at a day care center. Living in these two countries was a great learning experience for Joy. In Brazil, she acquired a working knowledge of Portuguese, and in Costa Rica, Spanish. In fact, she realized the importance of living the language. Joy has been an English as a New Language (ENL) teacher at Pocantico Hills School for 16 years. She has an MA in TESOL from Teachers College and an MS in Education from SUNY New Paltz. Joy understands the challenges her students face in acquiring a new language because she has also been in their shoes.