CEO/Founder of UpGrade Media Arts Schools, Inc. “We amplify the socially-conscious voices of students through the media arts.” 🎤 🎥 📻 🎶 Bringing energy, love and light/artist/arts enthusiast/mentor/equity champion/education reformer/cheerleader/lover of L-O-V-E! 💫Founder and Chief Executive Officer of UpGrade Media Arts Schools, Inc., a network of hybrid-model schools in the Midwest combining grades 6-12 education with film, television, radio, podcasting and recording arts. 💫”Pilot” of 808Today 💫Learning partner, mentor and cheerleader to all who need encouragement, guidance and support. 💫Scholar: - Ed.D Educational Leadership - M.S. Educational Leadership - M.A. Arts, Entertainment and Media Management - Music Business - B.A. Communications/Business Management/Creative Arts 💫Licenses: - Superintendent - Principal - Director of Instruction - Teacher (General K-8, Social Studies and Special Education) Other Interests: 🥡🥢🍱📖🎉✈️🎼💃🏽🎭🕊👡 👁 Currently exploring: * Education Policy * DEI and staffing in schools * Promoting student voice in education systems * School accreditation * Benefits of independently authorized charter schools * Creating effective hybrid and distance-learning school models A few more tidbits about me: 1️⃣ I enjoy a plant-based and pescatarian diet. 🥗🍴 2️⃣ Cooking serves as a form of therapy for me.🧑🏼‍🍳 3️⃣ I 💕 to laugh and have fun. 4️⃣ I 💗 Clubhouse for the meaningful connections, not the number of followers I receive (even though I ❤️and appreciate all of my amazing followers 😘). 5️⃣ I turn experiences filled with adversity into great success stories. Read this article and contact me if you need inspiration: https://madison365.com/jefferson-middle-school-principal-will-not-return/ LET’S CONNECT... 👉🏼 Visit UpGrade Media Arts Schools, Inc. @ www.upgradeschools.org 👉🏼 Visit me on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tequilakurth/ Cash App: $DrKurthAxis20 😘 Follow me on Twitter and Instagram...