New Leaders gave Daniela a chance to increase the scope of her impact

Thank you all for supporting New Leaders during their Giving Tuesday Campaign. Your contributions help provide a member of the Emerging Leaders program with a video camera and editing software, which will allow New Leaders coaches to provide them with constructive feedback on their developing skills. Daniela, the principal of a bilingual public charter school in Washington, D.C., has used this tool and others to increase her impact in the community.

Daniela was first inspired to become a school leader when she was placed in a leadership role at a local schools that strives to educate underprivileged students to become bi-literate and bi-cultural. She was provided a similar education as a child and knows that this offered her countless professional benefits as an adult.

Daniela has taught in urban schools in Washington, D.C., Boston and New York. Before joining the Aspiring Principals Program, Daniela served as a bilingual literacy coach and lead literacy curriculum writer. She also completed the Emerging Leaders Program last year under the mentorship of another New Leader. During her time at a nearby academy, her first grade students – previously lagging behind their peers – surpassed them in the course of just one year.

Your generosity Tim, Markham, Woody, and Eric gives a principal like Daniella the chance to grow as an educator through New Leaders.