Prior to her work at Achievement First, Christina taught
special education for six years, first as a teacher in Harlem and later helping to build a
special education program at Rise Academy in Newark, N.J. Throughout this time, she
spent her summers working as a school
director at Teach For America's Summer Institute, while also earning a master's degree in public policy at the University
of Chicago, where she received a Harris Fellowship.
Prior to working in Ozark, Frances was a
special education teacher in Bay Point, CA and Springfield, MO for a total
of 9 years before
spending 4 years in Springfield as the
director of at - risk programs at Parkview High School.