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The state of Michigan has honored a transgender educator as teacher of the year.
The Michigan Department of Education announced at a virtual meeting on Friday that Owen Bondono is Michigans Teacher of the Year. He teaches ninth grade language arts at Oak Park High School near Detroit.
Bondono said that his perspective as a transgender and queer man has helped him help students feel safe in school.
My goal is to always make sure students whether they are marginalized because of their race, their ethnicity, or their gender identity, their sexual orientation, that they feel safe in school, he told Fox 2 Detroit.
I know from a personal standpoint how vulnerable you feel when youre not safe and how when you feel that vulnerable everything else takes a back seat.
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