Matt Lim

Brooklyn, New York

Matt Lim is an assistant principal at Cypress Hills Ascend Middle School in Brooklyn, New York. He was previously a high school history teacher at the Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts in Providence, Rhode Island, where he taught an interdisciplinary research seminar and a Cold War history class that used pop culture and critical media literacy to explore the twentieth century. Prior to teaching in Providence, he served as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malaysia. He holds an M.A.T. in Social Studies Secondary Education from Brown University and a B.A. in Asian/Pacific/American Studies and Gender/Sexuality Studies from New York University.