J is a lifelong educator, game-based education advocate, and storyteller. They previously led game-based education and ed tech policy initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Learning and Digital Access and later at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. J currently teaches Computer Science and game design at Hathaway Brown, an all-girls' school in Cleveland, Ohio, and builds public/private partnerships for the educational media team at FableVision Studios. J also co-founded the first federal Climate Change Game Jam, led the Equity team for the White House's National Maker Faire, and is a Fellow at the Union for Reform Judaism.
