Our Team

Laura Pinsof is an educational leader with an unwavering focus on nurturing student and staff growth and well-being. She leads with compassion, joy, and humility and loves to build vibrant learning communities driven by shared goals, data-driven truth telling, and a commitment to reflection and open communication.

Laura is experienced in translating equity goals into concrete steps toward meaningful action to upend inequitable systems, practices, and outcomes. Ultimately, she believes that every student can thrive when they are supported, challenged, and part of a collaborative and empowered school community where everyone feels a deep sense of belonging.

Laura first knew that she wanted to work in education when she had the opportunity to assistant teach in a bilingual middle school math class in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. From there, she went on to teach high school, serve as a district curriculum coordinator, lead an early childhood center, and work as an instructional coach and MTSS coordinator. Along this journey, Laura also served as a university-level instructor of social studies methods, SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) leader, new teacher mentor, anti-bias parent educator, and instigator of no-cut, inclusive dance performance opportunities for young people.

Laura holds a B.A. with Honors in Anthropology and a Concentration in Dance from Wesleyan University, an M.A.T. in History from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an Ed.M. in Educational Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She lives in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago with her husband and two teenage children and enjoys gardening, cooking, and the occasional dance party. While not a native speaker and always a learner, she loves to practice speaking Spanish whenever she can.