Savanna Payne has worked in education as a teacher, OELA grant coordinator, and facilitator for the past 10+ years. She is currently an English Language Development Administrator at Oklahoma City public schools and oversees English Language Development programming in multiple middle schools. She received a Bachelors and Masters degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. Her educational background includes a Bachelors in Elementary Education and advancing with a Masters Degree in Bilingual Education/TESL. Beyond the school building, Savanna is the current president of Oklahoma Association of Bilingual Education. She also works on the side as an adjunct instructor in the TESL department at UCO for undergraduate and graduate courses to reach new and current educators. Savanna learned to accept a variety of cultures while developing her identity ...