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With 20 years of experience as a devoted educator, Shawna Wells is the Senior Vice President at the Pahara Institute, where she coaches and advises leaders working toward transformational change in public education. Throughout her career, Shawna has worked with hundreds of executive leaders across the country to build management systems that honor and implement real diversity and inclusion solutions.
 
As an articulation of her personal legacy, Shawna is also the founder and CEO of B is for Black Brilliance, and author of a children’s book by the same name, dedicated to centering, uplifting and affirming narratives of Black creativity, innovation and genius.
 
She serves on the board of several organizations working to impact the lives of Black women, Black communities and Black students including The Highland Project and The University of Vermont College of Education and Social Services.

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  • Technology as a tool for empowerment
  • Using ChatGPT responsibly
  • Teaching inquiry and interaction with technology
  • Equitable utilization of technology
  • The BRILLIANT Framework

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