Lisa Sukenic
CHILDREN'S AUTHOR • POET• TEACHER
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ABOUT ME
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BIO FOR MEDIA USE
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FAVORITE THINGS
Reading & Writing
Teaching 4th grade
Poetry
History
Architecture
Ornithology (Birds)
Kayaking
Llamas and Llama trekking
My cats: Chleo, Ivy and Suki
My dogs: Frank and Lola
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FAVORITE PLACES
Chicago, IL
Detroit, MI
Lake Michigan
Sleeping Bear Dunes
Georgia O’Keefe Ranch, NM
Wind River Mountains
Bar Harbor, Maine
Bookstores, Libraries and Art Fairs
The Field Museum
La Semana: Latin American Culture Camp
Guatemala
EDUCATION
Undergrad Degree:
Urban and Environmental Studies
Arts and Media (Modern Dance)
Graduate Degrees:
Early Childhood Education
Curriculum/Instruction and Leadership
Studied Sign Language
Taught at Kazoo School (17 years)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Teaches at The University of Chicago
Lab Schools, Chicago, IL (18 years-)
​Lisa Sukenic is a poet, author and 4th grade teacher at the University of Chicago Lab Schools. Her work has appeared in Everyday Haiku and short stories in the Off Campus Writers Workshop Anthologies. She was a finalist in the Many Voices Competition in 2016. She was the winner of the Prairie Writers Day Manuscript contest in 2016 and in 2019 was awarded a finalist in Regal House/Fitzroy’s MG Kraken Contest for her novel in verse MILES FROM MOTOWN, which will be out in August 2021.