(Part 1/2) J. Elizabeth Clark, Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, is a poet and author of children’s and young adult literature. In our conversation with Liz, she shares that she’s an avid scuba diver with a strong interest in teaching about science, climate change, and the ocean through her writing. Liz is a pioneer for ePortfolios at LAGCC and has served as a member of LaGuardia’s ePortfolio team for nearly 20 years with an “interest in the role of technology and how it is changing how and what we write (and read!).” Hear how she and other professors at LaGuardia use portfolios as a way for students to build a library of ideas to repurpose and recapture them, the importance of anti-racist pedagogy and labor-based contract grading which places a positive, more inclusive approach to how students receive their grades.