Alicia Johal is the assistant director for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking at the San Diego Jewish Academy. She has worked in public, charter and private schools for 9 years, teaching 7th and 8th grade science, biotechnology and marine biology. As a justice-driven educator, she works to create opportunities on and off campus for students to have access and achievement, and has been awarded by state and federal programs for her work creating inclusive STEM programs to support school communities. She is an Apple Foundations Trainer, EdTechTeam presenter and shares her expertise at conferences around the topics of equitable technology, language learners, student activism and mastery-based teaching and learning.