Laura Wilson Phelan is Founder and Executive Director of Kindred. For over 20 years, Laura has led social change efforts at grassroots and management levels across the non-profit and government sectors. She is currently an elected representative to the DC State Board of Education and formerly held senior leadership roles at the Flamboyan Foundation, Teach For America and Teach For All. Laura’s career began as an inner-city bilingual middle school teacher with Teach For America. She comes from a low-income family of 13 children and is the proud mother of twin elementary students.