Roshni Lakhi

Roshni Lakhi is a Program Manager at the Highlander Institute, leading the organization’s operations in New York. She runs the Syracuse Fuse Fellowship, a teacher leadership development program, and EdTechRI, a community initiative to foster partnerships between educators and entrepreneurs through meetups and pilots. She has also brought Startup Weekend Education to Rhode Island and launched Girls Who Code as an after-school program. Prior to joining Highlander Institute, she taught middle school math for three years in Providence and introduced blended learning at her school. Roshni was named a 2014 PBS Digital Innovator and 2016 CoSN NextGen Leader.

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