miseducAsian Podcast
Part 2 with Tommy Welch: A Tale of Two Tommys and Karlas
May 08, 2024
Season 1
Episode 39
miseducAsian
This is Part 2 of our chat with Tommy Welch, Regional School Superintendent of Boston Public Schools.
- Being one of the only Asian American athletes in high school and college, Japanese American identity through generations (0:41)
- How the Tommys started their careers in education, the impact of the lack of representation in education and leadership, and the power of identity-affirming leadership (19:00)
- The true story about how an Asian Tommy met and married a Karla, twice (43:36)