A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Business School, Jemina began her career in education twenty years ago, after stints in global business consulting and community development. She's held executive leadership roles at the New York City Department of Education, Teach For America and at Student Leadership Network and she also helped to found and lead ROADS Charter High Schools, a start-up network of two NYC charter high schools serving more than 400 students who are over-age, under-credited, mostly court-involved, homeless, in foster care and/or in child-protective services. In all her roles and organizations, Jemina brings a passion for equity and social justice that is rooted in her own
upbringing as an African-American, Puerto Rican woman who grew up in the South Bronx. Jemina dedicates her time, talent, and voice to fight for equity and access while serving as a role model and mentor for emerging senior leaders, especially women of color given her own background.