Acera: Spanish, sidewalk, pathway.
EI: Education Innovation.
Our team
At our own lab school, we see the endless possibilities for creativity and innovation in our classrooms every day. This drives the AceraEI team’s passion for bringing joyful learning to every child.
Sarah Zuckerman, Director of Education and Innovation
M.A.Ed Harvard University, focus in Arts in Education, Recipient of the Urban Scholars Fellowship
B.A.Ed Indiana University, Indiana
An urban public school graduate, Sarah’s life has been dedicated to giving all students high-quality education. Prior to her work in education leadership and program design, she was an art teacher in K-12 classrooms for 10 years, she has taught in the lowest- and highest-performing urban public schools. Sarah has worked on numerous policy issues advocating for students and has received numerous awards for her work, including Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Urban Scholars Fellowship and the Sontag Prize for Urban Education, and has had works published by Education Leadership, Ed Week, and Americans for the Arts.
Irina Uk, Education and Innovation Program Manager
Ed.M. Technology, Innovation and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
M.S. Applied Mathematics, DePaul University
B.S. Mathematical Sciences and B.S.C. Finance, DePaul University
Irina Uk is a teacher, a curriculum creator, and educational change agent. She joins Acera from Boston Public Schools, where she taught mathematics to 6th through 8th graders. Irina is adept at using design interventions, multi-model, and multi-disciplinary supplemental lessons to engage and meet the needs of all learners, and she is experienced in building partnerships with education and research institutions. As AceraEI’s Program Manager, Irina will help bring Acera’s innovative approach to K-12 education to more public schools in Massachusetts and beyond.
Contributing Educators
Queenie Desulme, Assistant Teacher
Jonathan Dietz, Science, Robotics, and Engineering Specialist Teacher
Alison Earnhart, Maker Space and Physics Specialist Teacher
Danny Fain, Computer Science and Game Design Specialist Teacher
Camila Garcia Enriquez, Visual Arts Specialist Teacher
Linwood Harper, Music and Entrepreneurship Specialist Teacher
Alexis Hibbler, Physics Specialist Teacher
Michael Hirsch, Science and Math Educator, NPR Science Friday Educator Fellow
Adrienne Jacobson, Maker Space Specialist Teacher
Renee Scherer, Core Classroom Teacher
AceraEI Advisory Board
Courtney Dickinson, Founder & Head of School, Acera
Sara Honeywell, Director of Operations & Administration, Acera
Nick Morgan, Education and Leadership Consultant
Hazzan Olusegun Mohammed, Senior Instructional Designer, Organizational Learning & Development, MBTA
Trent Ramsey, Director of Development & Parent Engagement, Acera
Trevor Rhone, Assistant Professor of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Holly Whittemore, COO, Dunad Therapeutics and Acera Board Chair
