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Audrey Mohan, Ph.D.
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Anne Haywood, Program Consultant, Environmental & Geographic Education
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Sean P. O'Connor
Christina Riska Simmons, National Geographic Society
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Educator Reviewer
Lydia Lewis, M.Ed., Grade 5 U.S. History/Geography Educator; National Cathedral School, Washington, D.C.
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Jenna Glat, National Geographic Society
Producers
Winn Brewer, National Geographic Society
Alison Michel, National Geographic Society
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