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Our mission to improve education dramatically for all students—especially low-income students, students of color, and other students whose needs historically have not been well met—is aligned with the reasons I chose to go into teaching two decades ago. I was that low-income student of color whose needs weren’t being met, and I have personally seen students make extraordinary gains because Opportunity Culture models gave them access to high-performing teachers.”
Somali White
Senior Consultant
Somali White is a senior consultant with Public Impact®, assisting districts and schools in implementing Opportunity Culture® models, which extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Before joining the team, White served in the Multi-Classroom Leader™ (MCL™) role in schools that were a part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg School’s Project L.I.F.T., an innovation zone created to improve student performance and close the achievement gap in several of Charlotte’s lowest-performing schools. She was part of Project L.I.F.T.’s first design team, designing Opportunity Culture® implementation plans for teachers starting in the 2013–14 school year. During her six years as an MCL™ educator, she led teams of teachers and students to high growth in mathematics. White holds an M.S. in urban and multicultural education from the College of Mount Saint Vincent and a B.S. in childhood education from St. John’s University.