Ayanna Cooper

Affiliation

ACooper Consulting

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Biography

Ayanna Cooper, Ed.D. is an educator, author, storyteller, and keynote speaker whose passion for advocacy centers around K-12 linguistically diverse student populations. She is also a U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist alumna, having served on projects in Kuwait (2019) and Brazil (2020). In 2022, she earned a Certificate of School Management and Leadership (CSML) from Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School. She is the author of several publications including, And Justice for ELs: A Leader’s Guide to Creating and Sustaining Equitable Schools, Black Immigrants in the United States; Essays on the Politics of Race, Language and Voice (co-edited), and as Language Magazine’s Pass the Mic Series editor.