About Me

I did not enter the world of schools and education as a teacher, but as a parent-turned-founder. Since high school I had an unconventional interest in educational systems through the lens of economics. A few years after leaving graduate school and as a young parent, I felt a gap in the market that inspired me to co-found a hybrid school in 2017. It grew more rapidly than I ever could have predicted!

I found myself navigating governance questions when I barely knew what ‘governance’ meant, and learning in real time how vision, structure, and communication need to align for sustainability to happen. I was also juggling three small kids! I loved my work, but certainly learned the hard way in many areas.

Years before my own kids were born or I had ever heard of a hybrid school, I earned a Bachelor’s and then a Master’s degree in Economics and then, inspired by my desire to enter the educational world someday, a Master’s in Educational Leadership. In these programs I was trained in organizational leadership, cost/benefit analysis, and systems thinking. Seeing connections and the big picture is one of my favorite things, and I don’t mind a list of numbers or some graphs!

I then spent years working inside and building the grassroots, tuition-funded nonprofit hybrid school that I co-founded (and my kids attend) managing budgets and resource allocation, spearheading strategy and sustainability, navigating Board meetings and committees, overseeing admissions and infrastructure, and participating in facility negotiations, interviews, and other program work (among many other things!), as the school grew from 20 kids and 2 employees to over 200 kids and nearly 30 employees.

That combination—systems thinking and lived experience—shapes how I work now.

Through my own experience and through talking to many other founders I realized that many of the challenges founders face seem to spring from the same source. Somewhere in the place where governance and operations meet and personal preferences and organizational sustainability overlap is often a structure and communication gap that develops when heart and ‘elbow grease’ and informal systems can no longer sustain the mission well.

Today, I serve as a Hybrid School Strategist & Advisor, helping founders and boards step back from the daily pressure of running a school and see the organization they’re actually building from top to bottom.

My work is about clarity and strong foundations—naming risks, surfacing assumptions, and aligning leadership structures so schools can endure beyond their founding season.

I believe deeply in the promise of grassroots, market-driven educational solutions.
I also believe these solutions require thoughtful governance, honest assessment, and sustainable design.