Staff

Jennifer Ahn
Jennifer Ahn is the Executive Director of Lead by Learning, a professional learning center of Mills College at Northeastern University. She oversees strategy and development, fiscal performance, and organizational health,...

Sarah Sugarman
Sarah (she/her) believes in the power of learning communities that honor educators’ professionalism, where colleagues supportively challenge each other to hone their practice in service of equitable outcomes...

Malia Tayabas-Kim
Malia (she/her) is a proud Oakland native and is a product of the Oakland Unified School District. Growing up in a family of educators, she chose to give back to...

Nina Portugal
Nina (she/her) is passionate about students, equity, and continuous improvement. Nina spent 9 years teaching High School English, 7 of which in Oakland Unified School District focusing on...

Mahru Elahi
Mahru (she/they) supports the building of inquiry communities centered around collectivism, transformation and equity. Mahru began her educational career in 1998, teaching English and Social Studies...

Brooklyn Joseph
Brooklyn (she/her) is a Lead Program Facilitator with Lead by Learning and is passionate about coaching, innovative teaching, and life-long learning. Born and raised...

Nhi Truong
Nhi Truong (she/her) is deeply invested in working with educators and students to use education as transformative tools to liberate ourselves and the world. She is an OUSD...

Charley Brooks
Charley (she/her) is a Lead Program Facilitator with Lead by Learning, where she works in service of transformative adult learning grounded in commitments to justice, inquiry, and research.

Huyen Nguyen
Huyen Nguyen (she/her) is a recent graduate of Cal State East Bay with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a concentration in Marketing Management. She’s a creative,...

Kailani Moran
Kailani (she/her) is Executive Assistant at Lead by Learning. For over a decade, she has held roles supporting creative business leaders in the literary, interior design, and construction fields, primarily...