Peter Vamosy has taught in western Massachusetts for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Social Studies education from the State University of New York at Albany, a Master's degree in Special Education from National-Louis University in Illinois, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in School Administration from UMASS Amherst. He is a member of the Western Mass Writing Project and completed the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Level III training with Emerging America. He is currently teaching World History and Black, Latinx, and Puerto Rican History at the High School of Commerce in Springfield, MA.