Carmen comes to ISP with a wealth of teaching and school experience, most recently serving as an Instructional Coach for the Riverview Gardens School District and Resource Teacher in the Jennings School District, where she also taught third grade until 2018. Prior to that, Carmen taught kindergarten at the Jamaa Learning Center, the Kansas City School District, and served as Dean of Students at South City Preparatory Academy in St. Louis. She is an Education Consultant with the Social System Design Lab at WashU. Carmen holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Dubuque, and an MA in Education/Student Affairs from the University of Dubuque, an MA in Education/Early Childhood Education from UMSL.