My dream is for 100% of students to feel challenged, affirmed, and inspired in school.

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​I’m a teacher at heart. 

I believe all students deserve literacy, criticality, and leadership skills. 

My dream is that all kids feel loved and valued, empowered to speak, and contribute to a better world.

As an educational justice coach…
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I’m a former NYC public school teacher, have a PhD in leadership and change, and host the Time for Teachership podcast.  

I work as an educational justice coach, where I get to:

• Help schools and districts design and implement feminist, antiracist, civics-based curricula.
• Coach leaders to make transformative structural shifts that amplify equity.
• Support teachers in designing great curricula & become responsive facilitators.
• Partner with families to have meaningful conversations around current events or other high-emotion topics.
• Witness students grow in agency, belonging, and competence. 

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​My core values are justice*, transparency, critical hope, and continuous learning. 

• Note: Justice includes (but is not limited to): racial, gender, linguistic, and dis/ability justice.   

I describe my curricular approach as Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's HILL Model meets Harvard's DKP, and my responsive coaching approach as Street Data meets Zaretta Hammond’s cognitive apprenticeship meets PLC at Work®. You can learn more about my research background and influences here.

I coach leaders on the BIG questions: 

• "How can we navigate conversations about race, gender, current events, and politics while upholding human dignity?"
• “How do we make PLCs or team meetings more impactful and data-informed?”
• “We want to completely rewrite our social studies curriculum. Where do we even start?" 
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As a whole human…
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I live on the ancestral lands of the Nipmuc, Pawtucket, and Massachusett. 

When I’m not working, I'm usually running while listening to my favorite podcasts, reading a book, or hanging out with my partner, our awesome kiddo, and our high-energy animals. 

If you absolutely love:  

• Runs through leafy rail trails 
• The Pod Save the People podcast
• Fantasy/Sci-Fi series like Legacy of Orïsha​ by Tomi Adeyemi or Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

...you are my person.
​...unless you'd choose lunch or dinner over breakfast.
Team. Breakfast. For. Life.

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