Areeje Hamza is a 2025-2026 Teach Plus California Emergent Bilingual Change Agent and teacher on special assignment at North Monterey County Middle School in Castroville, California, focused on multilingual learners. She has served as teacher team leader at the Defense Language Institute. Areeje earned a BA in English with a Teaching English as a Second Language certificate, MS in multidisciplinary studies, and a Single Subject Teaching Credential from California State University Stanislaus.
