When she's out of the classroom, second-grade teacher Mei-Ling Uliasz creates quirky "upcycled" jewelry. The NPR Ed team is discovering what teachers do when they're not teaching. Artist? Carpenter?
MONTECITO, Calif. – A pair of Montecito siblings picked up a jewelry-making hobby to keep busy when the pandemic struck in 2020, and now they are using that hobby to give back to Ukrainian children.