Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell is passionate about ensuring excellence in K-12 urban education. She has served the Boston Public Schools for more than 25 years as an elementary classroom teacher, mentor teacher, teacher leader, literacy coach, and instructional technology specialist. Cheryl experienced the joy of students and their families learning together when she supported the development and implementation of the Boston Public Schools Technology Goes Home program. She was also a school-based instructor for TechGoesHome. As an online coach for Harvard’s WIDE World Online project, Cheryl collaborated with K-12 and Higher Education educators seeking to leverage technology in standards-based curriculum units. This experience sparked Cheryl’s enthusiasm for supporting teachers and she has done so ever since in formal and informal roles. Cheryl is a graduate of Wheelock College and received Literacy training from Lesley University and Orton-Gillingham. She is a recipient of Harvard’s James B. Conant Fellowship for her commitment to public education and is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Cheryl enjoys reading, cycling and beaching, but cherishes time with family and friends the most.

Prachi Sharma

Prachi Sharma has over 25 years of teaching experience working with children in elementary, middle, and high school. She taught in India before moving to the US. She earned her BA and also her Master’s Degree in English from India. Prachi earned her Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from UMASS Boston and is a certified Literacy Coach by Lesley University  and  received training from Orton- Gillingham. Prachi is very passionate about strengthening student learning and teacher performance by empowering teachers through coaching and professional development.

Prachi has worked in Boston Public Schools as a classroom teacher, teacher leader, new teacher developer mentor, Literacy Coach, Instructional Coach, and member of the Instructional Leadership Team and Student Support Team.  As a teacher leader Prachi helped the school to incorporate universal design principles and implement a strong multi-tiered system of support. As an Instructional Coach, Prachi has supported teachers in designing engaging, standards-aligned curriculum and lesson plans, analyzing student data, and planning data driven interventions for all students.

Prachi enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Daniel Sullivan

Dan Sullivan is a true product of the Boston Public Schools. He was a BPS student from preschool through highschool and is the child of two BPS educators. After graduating from the Boston Arts Academy (2003, Instrumental Music), he earned a BA in History and Sociology from UMASS Boston (2008) and a Masters in the Art of Teaching from Tufts University through the Urban Teacher Training Collaborative program (2009). In his fourteen years of teaching in BPS (Brighton High School and Boston Arts Academy), Dan has taught Humanities, History, ELA, Aesthetic Philosophy, Art history, and Film history and production–all in a full-inclusion environment. Dan has also chaired the 11th and 12th grade ELA department, Humanities department, and hiring committees, as well as serving regularly on the Instructional Leadership Team, the School Board of Trustees, and the Professional Development Committee. 

Dan believes that at the heart of being an educator is one's ability to earn trust, that teaching is a partnership between teacher and student; if that relationship is not built on a mutual respect and understanding for each other's hopes and dreams, learning will always suffer. Dan’s passions for education center around keeping learning joyful, cultivating curiosity and discourse, and believing that young people will make the world a better place. Dan currently lives in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood and has three children in Boston Public Schools. In addition to his work in schools, Dan is also a filmmaker and musician who co-owns a film production company. Through the ESP program, Dan hopes to serve the students and teachers of Boston to help make BPS the best it can be.

Dr. Alenor Larisa Abdal-Khallaq Williams

Dr. Alenor Williams is an educator at heart. Having served in the field of education for thirty plus years, she considers herself a lifelong learner. Dr. Williams holds a BA and MA in General and Special Education from Simmons College and a Doctorate in Education, Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard University. She successfully completed principal training programs through the Boston Leadership Institute and Harvard’s Supervising Program where she learned the value of being a reflective practitioner. 

In pursuit of her childhood dream, Dr. Williams began her career as a teacher, serving as a General and Special Education classroom teacher for Boston Public Schools and mentoring numerous undergraduate and graduate interns from colleges and universities throughout the city. Ten years later, she cast a wider net, taking on leadership roles including that of New Teacher Developer, Assistant Principal, Principal and Educational Consultant for the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Passionate about mentorship, Dr. Williams continued her work with colleges and universities, supervising principal interns for UMASS, serving as a Program Supervisor of teacher interns for Simmons and Lesley and accepting an offer to serve as an adjunct professor. 

Prior to joining the ESP team, Dr. Williams held the position of Inclusion Specialist for eight years at the Martin Luther King K-8 (now K-6) Inclusion School where she was instrumental in the gradual expansion of the inclusion model from kindergarten to middle school. She also successfully led the school’s efforts to obtain its NAEYC accreditation.  

Throughout her career as an educator, Dr. Williams remains a teacher at heart with a steadfast belief that when teachers are supported and thrive, so do their students. She currently resides in Roxbury, MA, where she grew up and enjoys quiet moments, being with family and friends, writing and going for walks.

Twana Santana-Embry

Twana Santana-Embry a native of New York City and daughter of immigrants, brings close to thirty years of experience to her role as a Consulting Teacher. She has been described as a champion for academic excellence and has demonstrated leadership in and out of the classroom. 

Twana is a graduate of Virginia State University, an HBCU, and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and two Masters degrees; one in Elementary Education and a second in Educational Administration. 

After receiving her undergraduate degree, Twana moved to Boston and began her career in BPS. She has served as an educator; first as an elementary teacher for 15 years, a teacher-leader, New Teacher Developer, Assistant Principal, and Instructional Coach.  

Her journey as a lifelong learner and advocate for educational excellence has led her to support and lead the work of building culturally responsive classrooms, systems, and structures for teacher growth and development and creating a school culture that promotes equity, curiosity, independence, and joy. 

Twana resides in Roxbury with her family and enjoys spending time with loved ones, hosting family events, taking long scenic walks, traveling, and mentoring former students.

LuAnn Silva

LuAnn Silva is a life-long learner who believes wholeheartedly that education is liberation- particularly for those students who come from traditionally marginalized and/or underrepresented backgrounds. With over a decade of experience focused in mathematics instruction and advanced degrees from Harvard University and Boston University, LuAnn’s expertise spans from curriculum and planning to policy analysis and management. Before moving into this role as a consulting teacher, LuAnn spent roughly half of her career as a teacher and the other half as an Instructional Coach. 

In addition to her work in Boston, LuAnn’s expertise gained international recognition through her Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching, where she supported the leadership team and teaching staff at Rec Comtal in Barcelona, Spain with codifying and enacting their vision for STEAM instruction. LuAnn is a firm believer that every student should have access to an excellent, rigorous, engaging, and affirming education as well as all of the opportunities and experiences that it affords regardless of their neighborhood and/or zip code. 

In addition to her work with the Educator Supports Program, LuAnn is also a professional singer who performs across New England and beyond. LuAnn currently resides in Dorchester where she was born and when she’s not supporting teachers or singing, she loves salsa dancing, traveling the world, and spending time with family and friends.