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Johari Malik (Ma-leek) is a founding co-designer, instructional coach, and teacher at Sojourner Truth Montessori Public Charter School. She holds an AMI Elementary Diploma and an M.Ed from Loyola Maryland and is currently in training to receive her AMI 12-18 diploma. Johari has experience teaching and coaching at both the elementary and adolescent levels. She began her teaching career as a middle school math teacher in Philadelphia, where she taught for six years and coached K-8 teachers as a Math Specialist. She then moved to Washington, DC where she has worked in multiple public Montessori programs. In addition to teaching, Johari spends time collaborating with fellow educators and other stakeholders to conceptualize a more learner centered and equitable education landscape.

Zil Jaeger resides on the unceded lands of the Chinook and Cowlitz Tribes, also known as Portland, Oregon. Currently, they are the Elementary Program Coordinator at Puddletown School where they support teachers, children, and caregivers in many different ways. They have been working in Montessori schools for the past 17 years in a variety of settings and roles and is a firm believer in using an anti-bias, anti-racist framework to guide the way they parent, teach, and move through the world.