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Caitlin Healy

Senior Staff Member, The Practice Space

Caitlin Healy, a senior staffer at The Practice Space, is an educator with more than 15 years of experience teaching youth of all ages, as well as adults. Before joining The Practice Space team, she taught social studies for seven years in public schools, where she helped coach teachers on project-based and blended learning. As a program coordinator for San Francisco Peer Resources, Healy supported high school students by facilitating peer education workshops for more than 1,000 middle and high school students. She uses her background in alternative education to advocate for youth pushed to the margins by public school systems. Healy has a master's degree in education and a teaching credential from Mills College and a bachelor’s degree in American studies from UC Santa Cruz. She is a coauthor of Amplify Student Voices: Equitable Practices to Build Confidence in the Classroom (ASCD, 2023).

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