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Martha McMorran has a number of years of experience teaching and designing innovative educational programs for secondary school students. She received her Bachelor of Science in History from Northeastern University, and worked for several years as a teacher in schools in …Massachusetts and Florida. She then earned a Master’s in Education, with a focus on human development and psychology, from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As a senior curriculum designer at Knovva Academy, Martha has worked on many elements of our Model G20 Summits and Task Force programs. Her mission is always to create educational experiences that allow students to direct their own learning and grow towards their goals.SEE MORE

Rachel Lund received her Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Texas at Austin. She worked at Harvard University as a program manager for blended learning programs where she focused on improving the online learning experience for international students. As a volunteer …at the Harvard Center for Workforce Development she tutored ELL students to help them develop their skills in reading, writing, and conversational English. She received her Master’s in Education in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
As a learning designer at Knovva Academy, she has researched, designed, and written for numerous online and blended programs, such as Foundations for Climate Action.SEE MORE

Alex Krasser earned a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting with a minor in writing from Ithaca College. He has worked as a writer, playwright, actor, and teacher, having taught playwriting, musical theatre performance, English writing, math, and science in New York City, Philadelphia, and elsewhere.
… As Head of Online Learning at Knovva Academy, he’s designed and hosted a wide range of educational experiences, including videos, interactives, and Summits. He co-wrote a course on Climate Change for the United Nations, another on the G20 for G20 Presidencies, co-designed a Summit on the Human Future in Space, and interviewed leading public health experts at Harvard and elsewhere about Covid-19, among many other projects and topics ranging from sustainable energy to the interconnectedness of the 21st century.SEE MORE

Victoria Jones began her education career focusing on STEM. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from Columbia University. She then earned her Master’s in the Art of Teaching from the American Museum of Natural History, from which she was awarded … honors for her Astronomy research in the Museum’s Astrophysics Dept. Her classroom experience includes seven years of science teaching, starting in the South Bronx, NYC, followed by a National Blue Ribbon School in Beechwood, Kentucky. She has extensive experience with ELL, SPED, and ESL students, as well as gifted and talented students. In the classroom Victoria combined her engineering real world experience and top tier pedagogy education to focus on Inquiry and Project based learning models.SEE MORE

Beginning with her high school experience at one of the United States’ top secondary schools, Phillips Exeter Academy, then moving on to Cornell University and Harvard Graduate School of Education, Amy Hubbard has always pursued excellence in education. … As Head of College Counseling and Readiness at Knovva Academy, Amy has had many students go from her mentorship into undergraduate education at some of the world’s greatest learning institutions, including Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Brown, and Cornell. Her talents for facilitating intimate student-mentor relationships and harnessing the full power of a young mind make her the modern competitive student’s ideal guide, as their generation navigates the strenuous process of applying to premier colleges in the United States.SEE MORE

Ms. Lozada is the Chair of the Model G20 Committee. She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, and a master’s in Corporate Law with a … specialization in Public Services from Pontifical University of Peru. Ms. Lozada is an attorney specializing in Public Services and Public Administration. Previously she worked on Public Policy for the United Nations in South America and Europe. Her international experience includes India, Peru, China, Spain, and France. She was selected for the Young Latin American Leaders program founded by the Department of State, and for the Authorities of the Future in Paris program by the French government. She loves teaching; early in her career, she was a law and business professor at diverse universities. She is passionate about the private corporate sector as well as the public sector and public policies. She also enjoys working as a private corporate consultant. She loves art, especially oil on canvas, and has been painting in her spare time since childhood.
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Ross serves as Academic Advisor to Knovva Academy, supporting the creation and integration of educational technologies, immersive programs and curricula. As founding Chief Learning Officer, … he oversaw the creation of Knovva’s online learning, curriculum, research, professional development, and related pilot programs serving students around the world. He has previously worked as a researcher at Harvard Medical School, MIT, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and elsewhere, investigating intervention design, literacy development, and cross-culture studies. Ross holds his EdM from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also served as a Teaching Fellow in courses on human development.
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Peter is a career educator and current Senior Vice President of Academics at Knovva Academy. Peter’s work in the public sector includes presiding as principal and one of the architects of the … Terrier House freshman academy, which was recognized by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges as one of only sixteen model programs in New England in 2006. Peter holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership at the University of the Cumberlands in 2021.SEE MORE