Kelsey is an education innovator, a full-hearted experientialist, and arguably your best choice for a road trip DJ. Kelsey directs the nation’s first high school Global Studies Diploma in Charlotte, NC, and is passionate about leading advancements in experiential global curricula. A former alpine ski racer and now a master scuba diver, she believes transformative learning often happens outside classrooms, through connection with the Earth, others, and deep reflection. In over a decade of teaching interdisciplinary courses, her favorites include a high school course on the art and poetry created in times of war and another on modern biotechnology ethics. Her studies and work center on leadership development in youth, Indigenous knowledge systems, ethical engagement abroad, and equity-centered intercultural curriculum; she has consulted on youth activism summer programs and completed a doctoral fellowship at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, working on children’s rights in virtual learning. Kelsey is finishing her doctoral dissertation in International Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership. Outside of work, when she’s not testing her spice tolerance, she’s mountain biking or volunteering with the local Red Cross, on the Disaster Action Team. Kelsey has previously led Putney programs in Fiji and on the MIT campus.