Matt Henriksen is a 2021-2022 Teach Plus Arkansas Policy Fellow who teaches 9th-11th grade English and AP courses at Haas Hall Academy at the Jones Center in Springdale. He also volunteers as a Teaching Poet and as president of the Board of Directors for the Prison Story Project, a nonprofit that brings creative writing and storytelling into and out of prisons. He holds a BA in Writing from Lakeland University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas.
