Maya Park (she/her) envisions a world where unconditional love and fierce ethical accountability converge. She hails from Brooklyn, NY and is pursuing a PhD in Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center. After graduating from the Harvard Teacher Fellows’ founding cohort, she taught 7th grade history for six years, coached humanities teachers, and continues to mentor early career teachers through the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Maya’s research explores teacher mentorship, community, and trauma-informed mindfulness as tools for transforming cycles of harm. Maya aspires to participate in educational havens of belonging that allow educators and students to bring their authentic selves. She is a graduate of the Inward Bound Mindfulness Teacher Training, and continues to train in Nonviolent Communication and Somatic Experiencing (a trauma healing therapeutic modality).
