Vanessa Heller
Oak Park Unified School District
Vanessa Heller
Oak Park, CA
Ms. Heller teaches middle school humanities and is a GATE and DEI Coordinator. She contributed to Teaching for Racial Equity: Becoming Interrupters (2022), contributes to the Equity & Access online journal, and presents best practices in gifted education and inquiry/PBL throughout the U.S. She is an active member of Tri-County GATE Council, and has served as the Director of the Oak Park Inquiry Institute, Department Chair, Peer Coach, and Technology Innovator.