The imPACT Mission is to steward projects and Families from promise to impact by offering thought partnership grounded in goals and measurable action that supports voice, equity, and joy for youth, families, educators, and institutions.
Cristina Jacobs Easton is the founder and CEO of imPACT Educational Consulting. She majored in Sociology at Smith College, earned her Masters in Teaching as a New York City Teaching Fellow in Special Education, and her Masters in Education Leadership at Bank Street College of Education. Having been a founding staff member and Assistant Principal at The Young Women’s Leadership School of Brooklyn, a public single-sex school serving grades 6-12, Cristina returned to her hometown of Baltimore as Upper School Principal at Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. There, she worked to increase student choice in coursework, including the expansion of the Advanced Placement program, Work study opportunities, and increasing arts course options. In 2020, Cristina started imPACT through which she works with schools from elementary to college, school leaders, educators, and community members in developing programming that enhances student voice and leadership, particularly for urban girls and girls of color, and neurodiverse students. The name imPACT came from knowing the challenge of working in a field where there is so much to be done, so much desire for good, that it can feel like a hamster wheel of continuous improvement without taking stock of actual progress. As a professional and an educator, Cristina believes deeply in keeping promises for change and being able to touch, feel, and understand that change so that the road to continuous improvement is clear and exciting. Cristina also works with other organizations in program management and strategic planning, where she enjoys the process of translating ideas into action. In 2021, Cristina and her husband learned that their son has autism. This catapulted their family into Autism acceptance and family advocacy. Together, they founded the Embrace Play playgroup for families of neurodivergent children ages birth to ten. Through Embrace, the Eastons provide spaces for families to enjoy where their children and their needs and gifts are validated, and where families can learn from and lean on one another. In all that she does professionally and personally, Cristina is driven by the principles of equity, voice, and joy.
Emily Arkuss, Talent Development and Change Management
Talana Bradley, Leadership Development and Coaching
We are so grateful for our 2020-21 Intern, Patricia Ledakis! With her support, we are developing curriculum supplements for teachers to highlight the contributions of influential BIPOC and women in S.T.E.M.
Patricia Ledakis is a current student at Bryn Mawr college who is pursuing a double major in Psychology and Philosophy. She was born in Baltimore County, Maryland and attended high school at the Friends School of Baltimore, where her passion for education and research began to grow. She has worked in childcare for multiple years, including two years at Little Friends Daycare and a consecutive term at Little Corner Academy, which only served to solidify her interest in developmental psychology and the importance of highlighting the impact that women and women of color have had on the world. She enjoys song-writing, advocacy, and photography.
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