Ms. Nikki Grier
Nikki is an Atlanta native and career changer from Engineering to Education. Upon receiving her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, she pursued her Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of TN, Knoxville. Her thesis work there on creating an electrical device that would regenerate bone led her to become a Lead Research Specialist at Emory University. While at Emory, Nikki practiced biomedical engineering for five years conducting research on how electrical stimulation could allow persons who had experienced brain injuries to use their leg muscles again to walk. She answered her call to teach in 2006 via Teach For America and has since been on a path to eradicating educational inequities for children of color. Nikki taught in the counties we hope to serve at Westlake High School and Lindley Middle School. She has been a high school and middle school Principal in large urban districts in the country including Chicago and Memphis. Most recently, she served as a Leadership Coach to aspiring and new principals in the School District of Philadelphia, charter school executive leaders, and provided professional development around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion throughout the state of Massachusetts.
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