Sarah Platanitis is an English teacher and journalism adviser for The Herald at Holyoke (Mass.) High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a master’s degree in English literature from Western New England College. Platanitis worked as a journalist before becoming a teacher and has also lived abroad in Spain and Japan. In addition to her teaching career, Platanitis is the designer and owner of Anselblue Design Studio and a freelance photographer. She attended the 2009 ASNE Reynolds Institute at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
