Bio

verta maloney {she/her/hers} is all love with appropriate doses of rage. verta is a founder, storyteller, yogi, mama warrior and anti-racism facilitator. she has designed, managed, and delivered professional learning experiences and programs for school leaders and educators across the country. verta began her 25 year career in education as a teacher in Prince George’s County Public Schools and then as a literacy specialist for the New York City Department of Education. after getting her master’s degree in politics and education at Columbia’s Teachers College, she became the founding principal of Bronx Arts and then served for several years as a leadership coach for principals and aspiring principals at New Leaders. verta is a founding team member at Civics Unplugged because she knows #TheKidsWillLead and is Chief Innovation Officer & Co-Founder at the*gameHERs because all gamers who identify as women and/or are femme identifying across the spectra of gender identity and expression are dope. verta maloney co-founded 45 Lemons to help individuals and organizations share their racial autobiographies and stories in order to act on and undo racism in this lifetime. it is verta’s hope that in every encounter Black, Indigenous and folks of color will leave seen, heard, healed and loved.