About Iris Chin Ponte

Iris Chin Ponte, Ph.D., (she/her) is director and classroom teacher at the Henry Frost Children's Program in Belmont, Massachusetts. She is an adjunct faculty member in the graduate school of education at Lesley University. Recognized as an Exchange Emerging Leader in 2015, Ponte is a former Fulbright scholar, with expertise in cross-cultural issues in education in the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, China, Japan, and Newfoundland. Ponte has received professional recognition from the Children's Defense Fund, CBS, and the American Educational Research Association and was awarded the Thomas J. Watson IBM Fellowship.