Irina LaGrange

Bio:
Mrs. Irina Ivasovic LaGrange was born and raised in Zagreb, Croatia. At the age of ten, she went on a vacation to Hawaii. The island’s beauty overwhelmed her family, and they stayed. Mrs. LaGrange had to learn English quickly because she was the only non-English or Japanese speaker in her class. Eventually she moved to Washington, D.C., and then Bethesda. She completed her undergraduate work at University of Maryland where she majored in English. With the support of Teach for America, she spent the next six years teaching middle school English in New York City. Mrs. LaGrange attained her masters degree in secondary English from Columbia University, where she had the opportunity to further savor her favorite literary works. Some of her dearest writers are Iris Murdoch, Vladimir Nabokov, Alice Walker, Milan Kundera, Miroslav Krleza, James Baldwin, Pablo Neruda, and Seamus Deane.

The former Ms. Irina Ivasovic came to B-CC in 2003, and for the next two years, taught 9th and 10th grade English and was the sponsor for the sophomore class and for Chips, B-CC's literary magazine. She was married in June, 2005 (her husband is a B-CC grad!), and shortly thereafter, was named B-CC's Student Support Specialist, the main administrator for the 10th and 11th grades.

In her spare time Mrs. LaGrange loves to travel to far away places. She also loves to walk around and get lost in foreign cities. She also enjoys knitting funky scarves and spending time with her husband and two children.