Brendan McGovern

Brendan McGovern is currently working as a Middle School ELL English Teacher at North Chicago School District 187. Prior to this, Brendan was a 2021 Corps Member at Teach For America and also served as a Program Leader at Chicago Voyagers. Brendan has a strong background in writing and research, having worked as a Writing Consultant at the University of Illinois Campus Writing Center and as a Research Intern at BallotReady and Chicago Justice Project. Brendan holds a B.A., summa cum laude, in English and Political Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and recently obtained an M.A., with distinction, in Secondary Education and Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education.