Carlos R Moreno

Carlos R. Moreno has been a teacher, a principal, and a director, and is now an executive director. A proud native New Yorker, Carlos is a passionate educational trailblazer committed to supporting school and district leaders to ceate high-quality, innovative schools designed to tackle systemic equity issues. He currently serves as co-executive director for Big Picture Learning, a nonprofit organization that has developed more than 200 such schools in the United States and around the world. He cofounded and leads the Deeper Learning Equity Fellowship, in partnership with the Internationals Network for Public Schools, and the newly created Ashé Leaders Fellowship. Carlos is also the founder and coproducer of the highly acclaimed Leadership Journeys storytelling initiative, which has featured inspirational figures such as Christopher Emdin, Dena Simmons, Kaya Henderson, Nancy Gutiérrez, Meisha Porter, and Sharif El-Mekki. Carlos holds undergraduate degrees in marketing and business and a master's degree in educational leadership.But those are merely Carlos's credentials. At heart, Carlos is an observer, a family man, a learner, a builder of community, a student, and a teacher--someone who has simultaneously found and continues to seek his own Leadership Soul.