American Holidays: Exploring Traditions, Customs, and Backgrounds

About Alan HeadbloomBarbara KlebanowSara Fischer

The late Barbara Klebanow co-author of American Holidays (with Alan Headbloom and Barbara Klebanow) was a devoted teacher of ESL for adults in a hospital in Great Neck NY training foreign doctors and in the evening classes for adults at the Great Neck Public Schools. Alan Headbloom co-author of American Holidays (with Alan Headbloom and Barbara Klebanow) a lifelong educator has taught language and linguistics from preschool to the workplace. Since 1992 he has coached expats and immigrants to the U.S. in companies large and small. He has also co-created a language learning app and hosted a Michigan television talk show Feel Like You Belong.Sara Fischer PhD co-author of American Holidays (with Alan Headbloom and Barbara Klebanow) has been involved in the education and services for English language learners for over 25 years in the NY City schools. For the past 10 years she has been training bilingual teachers in the TESOL Program at Touro University.