LaShawnda earned her M.S.Ed. from Penn GSE’s Education Policy Program, where she also worked as research assistant for the Racial Empowerment Collaborative. A first generation graduate of the University of Virginia, Brooks joined Teach for America in 2009, serving for two years in Atlanta and later worked as an instructional coach for City Year. She now directs Philips Andover Academy’s Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers.

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