Priyanka Rupani is Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at University of Chicago Laboratory Schools where she is an alum. Priyanka completed her B.A. from Northwestern University with a focus on comparative race studies and economics and her M.S.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on urban education. She was a member of the 2010 Teach for America Philadelphia Corps and through this, taught math and African-American history at Mastery Charter Thomas Campus (MCTC). During her five years at MCTC, she helped create a mentoring program that focuses on developing young people with the power of influence into leaders in their schools and communities. Previously, Priyanka serves as the director of diversity, equity, and social justice at the Friends School of Baltimore. Priyanka is also a faculty member for the National Association of Independent Schools’ annual Student Diversity Leadership Conference.