Paul Ramirez is the CEO of the Freire Schools charter network which operates four schools in Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE. Previously, he was the Chief Leadership Officer at Freire Schools as well as the founding head of school at Freire Charter School Wilmington. During that time, Paul was awarded the Delaware Charter Schools Network Impact Award for charter school principals and the Teach for America Excellence in School Leadership Award. Paul began his career teaching as a Teach for America corps member at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware where he was named teacher of the year. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from Yale University and a master’s degree in teaching from Wilmington University.