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Jonella A. Mongo has over thirty-five years of professional experience in the development and implementation of programs that support educational institutions, businesses, community organizations and governmental agencies. She supports programming for preschool through postsecondary students, parents, and school personnel. Her range of experience includes professional development, teacher education, and curriculum development particularly in the areas of school improvement, English language arts and early childhood education.

Education Consultant

Publications Mongo's primary research interest is African American children’s literature. She is the author of African American board books: Vanishing but not entirely gone (2002) published in the Michigan Reading Journal. She co-authors along with Dr. Toni S. Walters and Dr. Vivian Johnson Between the Covers, a quarterly column in the National Black Child Development Institute parent magazine Child Health Talk. The column highlights children's literature written and/or illustrated by African Americans.

Teaching she as well as on other topics related to teaching and learning. She has taught hundreds of elementary and middle school youth, and still welcomes the opportunity to work with students and teachers in various classroom settings.

Mongo is an adjunct professor at Marygrove College and Oakland University, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the reading and language arts department. She is the former Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Professional Development for the Highland Park Public Schools in Highland Park, Michigan.

Education Mongo earned a B.S. in Child Development and Teaching from Michigan State University before pursuing three additional degrees from Oakland University where she received M.A.T. degrees in Reading and Language Arts and Early Childhood Education, as well as a Ph.D. in Reading and Language Arts.