Emily Shaeer

Emily graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor’s degree in Literature and a Master’s degree in Education. She also graduated from UC Irvine with a Master’s degree in English. Emily began teaching in 2001 and has taught Language Arts, Student Leadership, and English as a Second Language in grades 7-12. Amir and Emily are a husband-and-wife team working to transform education by ensuring that young people are prepared to shape STEAM fields in the future. They founded the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy (DPEA) in 2002. It is a four-year pathway program in a public high school that serves over 400 students annually, 50% of whom are young women. Emily works as the Program Director and Development Manager for the DPEA, and she is strongly committed to being a change agent in education.