Ivy Alphonse-Crean
Cognoscenti contributor
Ivy Alphonse-Crean is a mother from the greater Boston area who sometimes writes about education and dystopian short fiction. Her work can be found in the anthology "Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls" and the upcoming anthology "Apocalyptic Pedagogies."
Recently published
I see you, Black mothers. Mother's Day is complicated for me, too
Ivy Alphonse-Crean writes that the holiday makes her stomach lurch, knowing that “mother” holds so much joy, but also, deep worry and pain.