Managing Director of Schools Johanna Even currently serves as interim school director at Brooklyn Ascend Lower School. Even brings to her position a wealth of experience in secondary and higher education. Most recently she founded and served as the executive director of Impact Leadership, through which she provided coaching and consultation services to schools and charter networks; she also co-founded Partners For Biliteracy to help provide resources and materials for supporting native language literacy in a range of settings. Even began her career as a Teach For America Corps member in Los Angeles, CA, where she served as a bilingual teacher for kindergarten and first grade. Even continued her teaching career in Boston, MA before transitioning to roles in teacher coaching and curriculum development. She has served as principal at several schools in Massachusetts and Arizona, and has held instructional positions at Cambridge College, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University. Even holds a bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard College, as well as a master’s in education and Ed.D. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.