Dr. Precious Symonette has been teaching for the past 18 years. Dr. Symonette is an educator, research practitioner, author, and public speaker. Dr. Symonette was named the 2017 Miami Dade County Public School’s Teacher of the Year, 2017 Florida Teacher of the Year Finalist, and recognized as a 2016 National Education Association Superhero Educator. She is an official Freedom Writers Teacher, and she started the Florida Freedom Writers Foundation that helps to promote free expression both in written and verbal form. On April 18, 2023, she and her students received a Proclamation from Miami Dade County, proclaiming Viking Freedom Writers Day, in honor of her work with Freedom Writers! In 2023, Dr. Symonette received a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program Award. She currently teaches Creative Writing at Miami Norland Senior High School.