I was inspired to create a curriculum guide, and then we at myFace designed programming around it to present to schools.” “It mirrored everything I had been feeling for so long. “The book changed my life in so many ways,” she noted. I also had six surgeries, years of orthodontics, and speech therapy.”Īfter reading Wonder in a single sitting, Zuckerberg said, she was spurred into action by Auggie’s story. From the time I was three, I wore a hearing aid. I thought I was different, and people would stare. Explaining that she was born with a cleft lip, hearing loss, and no vision in her left eye, Zuckerberg said, “I didn’t feel like the other children. She has witnessed how deeply Auggie’s story resonates with readers-and acknowledged that she feels an especially close connection to the protagonist. Through virtual school assemblies and a variety of resources, classroom materials, and activities, the program educates students about the importance of accepting differences (particularly facial anomalies), celebrating uniqueness, and choosing to be kind.ĭina Zuckerberg, who wrote the introduction for the illustrated Wonder, has served as myFace’s director of family programs for eight years and helms the Wonder Project. RHCB’s renewed partnership with myFace will extend the reach of the Wonder Project into primary schools for the current academic year.
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