I collaborate with a network of equity-driven facilitators and practitioners to deliver high-quality, customized coaching and professional development. Below is a list of some of my partners.

Abby Benedetto has taken on designing and changing systems for the last two decades from a wide variety of roles and perspectives—honing her skills around deep listening, collaborative innovation, and equity-centered learning design, and driven by the purpose of working to ensure that ALL young people (and adults) have access to the type of deeper learning they deserve so that they feel seen and valued, and develop the skills that they need to go out into the world and thrive. As an educational consultant and founder of Core Shifts, she works to support schools and districts across the country to set up high quality systems of performance assessment, with the goal of aligning deeper learning skills to authentic assessment practices and cohesive instructional design. Abby has had the opportunity to partner with schools & districts to provide coaching, design work, high quality adult learning, and systems transformation nationally and around the globe. Abby is able to draw upon her lived experience of the decade she spent as a classroom teacher and leader, as well as a unique ability to help educators make connections between what they know and their aspirational vision for where they want to go.

Dr. Jamila Dugan (she/her) is an author, leadership coach and researcher. She co-authored, with Shane Safir, the Corwin Press Best Seller, Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation, focusing on culturally-rich education environments and transformative approaches to learning. She has served as a coach for teachers, led PhillyPLUS, a school leadership preparation program in Philadelphia, PA, and as a school leader, co-developed the first public mandarin immersion middle school in Oakland, CA. She is the founder of JD Learning Partners, specializing in equity-centered leadership development across the education and public service sectors. Jamila holds a doctorate in educational leadership for equity from the University of California, Berkeley; a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from George Mason University; and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Fresno State University.

Jessica Wei Huang is an educator & leader with 20+ years of experience as a classroom teacher, school administrator and leadership coach and facilitator. She has a wide range of knowledge for how to build equitable school communities. Through her on-the-ground work in schools and her support and coaching of educator teams, she creates healing-centered, student-focused spaces where students of all backgrounds can thrive. Jessica has a Bachelor’s of Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Master’s of Education from Stanford University. Her experience in both the public school system in the US and in international schools equips her to lead in a wide-variety of cultural-contexts.

Alcine Mumby is a dedicated educator who has spent the last 20 years teaching and leading in public K-12 schools all over the country. She currently supports and coaches district and school leaders to develop high-quality performance assessment systems that center student-led demonstrations of learning and metacognition. Prior to coaching, Alcine taught Humanities at one of the first small schools in the Bronx where project-based learning and portfolio defenses served as the foundation of instruction. Afterward, Alcine became a founding principal of Envision Academy in Oakland, an administrator in several small middle and high schools in Atlanta and DC, and a leadership coach in DC, Charlotte, & Philadelphia. Alcine earned her BA in English Education from NYU and a Master’s in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education from Stanford University. When she’s not listening to podcasts or catching a flight, Alcine enjoys being an auntie to her adorable niece and three nephews.