Josiah Johnston is a teacher, writer, and anthropologist, as well as a father of 4. He has two masters’ degrees, has lived in 10 countries and traveled through more than fifty, is a member of the explorer’s club, and is proud to coach his kids’ soccer teams. He has lived with Tibetan Buddhist monks, excavated Minoan ruins, found the last speakers of endangered languages in the Peruvian amazon and the jungles of Central Costa Rica, worked with the elderly in Kyoto and itinerant laborers in Budapest, studied tai chi with the Japanese national champion, been blessed by the pope and the Dalai Lama, and worked extensively with the homeless in Asheville, NC. His writings include award-winning articles, poetry, and anthropological texts, as well as fiction. As a teacher of English, History, and Anthropology at Madison Early College High School, in the last two years he has been the recipient of a Rural Teacher Leader Network Fellowship, a RootEd Fellowship, an NCCAT Fellowship, multiple grants, and nominated as the Madison County Innovator of the Year and the overall NC Gear Up Innovator of the Year. He is excited to be part of the Education Policy Fellowship Program.