Joanne Tuck serves on the Educational Initiatives Committee of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. She taught "Facing History: Holocaust and Human Behavior" at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston for 30 years. For many years she served on the Teachers Advisory Board of the organization Facing History and Ourselves. She is the author of An Educator’s Legacy: Reflections on Teaching Facing History and the Long Term Impact of the Facing History and Ourselves Elective Course at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Joanne conducted research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for her paper, "Designers of Death Nazi Engineers During the Holocaust." She participated in the Sousa Mendes Foundation's 2019 Journey on the Road to Freedom tour.