Carlene Thomas

Current CEO/Owner of equity-centered educational consulting company focused on supporting multilingual learner students and their educators; Advocates at the national level by serving on the executive board for the National Association for English Learner Program Administrators (NAELPA) and on the leadership team for the National Newcomer Network (NNN); Former ESL Program Coordinator for the state of Texas (TEA); Additional previous experience includes varied perspectives as ESL teacher (elementary and secondary), ESL district director, regional ESL/migrant consultant, and TESOL professor at a university in Beijing, China