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Rachel "Roxy" LeCure (née Hobbs) is the English Department Chair and 8th grade English Teacher at Esperanza Academy Charter Middle School in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a B.A. in Anthropology and received an M.Ed. in Middle Grades Education from Chestnut Hill College. As an undergraduate, she was an instructor in the Powerful Voices for Kids program at Russell Byers Charter School.

Kristin Hokanson is an educational consultant and Supervisor of Instructional Technology at Allentown City School District. With her expertise in innovative use of technology for learning, she serves the Media Education Lab as the Digital Learning Fellow. Kristin Hokanson spent 20 years in public education as a teacher and HS technology integration specialist through Pennsylvania's Classrooms for the Future Initiative.

Michael RobbGrieco serves as Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, USA. Mike's work focuses on democratizing power in media and education through pedagogy, research, and practice of media literacies.

The Waiting Game Isn't Enough: A Plea for Proactive Digital Wellness

An Opening Essay | MediaEd Insights | Pause2MAP Edition | April 2026

Written by Michelle Hirschy

For seventeen years, I have been the person on the other side of the closed office door. From my years as a school counselor to my current role as a PreK-12 Director of Wellness, I have been the safe harbor when group chats turn suddenly cruel, when the endless spiral of comparison breeds anxiety, and when a single, permanently captured screenshot comes to define a child’s social worth.