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Maria Worthen

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๐ŸŒŸ Policy wonk on a mission for equity and racial justice in K-12 education. ๐Ÿ”ต Join the Education Policy club. Backchannel chat โžก๏ธ ch.chat #7576 ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป Education Policy Strategies - Founder & Principal Consultant What I do: I help purpose-driven educational organizations, government agencies, and policy advocates make sense of a complex national K-12 education policy landscape, strengthening child and youth well-being with innovative, collaborative policy solutions at federal and state levels. ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ› Questions about your local school board, state education laws, or federal education policy? Iโ€™d love to help you find your voice as an advocate. Formerly: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ Preschool teacher ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US Department of Education ๐Ÿ› US Senate HELP Committee ๐ŸŒ… Aurora Institute ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐ŸŽ“ BA, Smith College; MSW, Washington University-St Louis ๐Ÿค— Be an inclusive CH citizen: Speak clearly, minimize background noise, and state your name when you start and finish speaking. Anti-Blackness, ableism, transphobia, homophobia and misogyny are real on CH; please be mindful of this and try to do better by listening more than you talk and holding space for marginalized viewpoints. ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Looking to connect with educators and educational leaders, policy and government relations professionals, policymakers, interfaith families, people who will make me laugh, and other women/NBs who are unapologetically themselves. ๐Ÿ’ƒ ๐Ÿˆ ๐ŸŽถ โœก๏ธ Mamma to a human and two cats, Buy Nothing Project enthusiast, salsa dancer, concert-goer, political junkie, progressive Jew. ๐Ÿ—ฃ fluently: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น | badly: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐ŸŒŽ www.educationpolicystrategies.net โฌ‡๏ธ Follow the Education Policy club for authentic and meaningful conversations on timely and persistent issues in education.