kiina dordoni

Affiliation

Lift as We Climb LLC

Biography

kiina dordoni served as the Director of ELL/Bilingual Programs for four years in the Morris School District, which serves 1300+ students who are MLs across seven elementary schools, a middle school, and the high school where she was an Assistant Principal for two years, and where she developed a Newcomer Program for students with interrupted education. She taught K-8 Spanish for six years, middle school social studies for three years, and high school bilingual language arts for a few weeks due to the teacher shortage. She earned her MA in Bilingual/Bicultural Education from Teachers College Columbia University where she researched Black girls' perceptions of self in predominantly White suburban schools, and is currently pursuing her doctorate in the Urban Education Leadership Program. She is the founder of Lift As We Climb Consulting, LLC, which serves to provide high-quality programs and professional development to districts that serve multilingual and multicultural learners.