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Join Mike Washburn and Dr. Julie Keane of Participate as they speak with Kristina Ishmael from Open Education Global. Kristina Ishmael is an educator, learner, advocate, and truly an agent of change. currently serves as the Director of Primary and Secondary Education at Open Education Global. In this role, she is leading the development of a comprehensive effort to build global networks, infrastructure, and practices to support OER adoption and implementation at the primary and secondary level around the world. Before joining OEG, Ishmael was the senior project manager of the Teaching, Learning, & Tech team as part of the Education Policy program at New America in Washington, DC. Prior to this, she was the Digital Learning Specialist for the Nebraska Department of Education and an early childhood and elementary teacher of emerging bilingual students in Omaha, Nebraska. Kristina was recently named to President-Elect Biden's Department of Education Transition Advisory Board.