Nicole Le Blanc (she/her) has worked in education for since the year 2000 and has led and taught in the Bay Area, Boston, New York City, and Santa Cruz County. She is a founding member of KIPP University Park Elementary’s Leadership Team, and spent 13 years at KIPP King prior to KUPE, where she served as an English teacher, assistant principal, and principal. Nicole is passionate about reading and believes that strong foundational reading skills lead to a lifelong love of reading that opens doors for people. She has a BA in Journalism from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a Master’s in Education from Brooklyn College. In her free time, Nicole enjoys running, listening to her husband spin records, and riding bikes/playing trains with her son.