Mariah (she/her/ella) is an expert storyteller and community builder. She is passionate about equity in education and creating opportunities for dialogue. In addition to her five years as a middle school Spanish teacher, she has over a decade of combined experience in education and communications. Prior to her work at Mira Education, she was a Senior Communications Specialist for a consulting firm in Houston and served as the founding Social Media Manager for The RISE Center for Liberation in Early Childhood Education and was instrumental in establishing the organization’s digital marketing strategy. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish with a minor in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Public Policy degree with an emphasis in quantitative analysis from the University of Houston and earned her certificate in Digital Marketing from Rice University.