Nadia Lopez is the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a model for quality education that includes a safe, nurturing, and innovative learning environment. Since being featured on Humans of New York in February of 2015, she has been profiled in countless national media outlets, has been invited to speak at Harvard, and was invited to the White House, and delivered a TED Talk on the “Revolution of Education.” She is the recipient of the 2015 Black Girls Rock Change Agent Award and the 2015 Barnard College Medal of Distinction Awardee.
“The story of Mott Hall Bridges Academy is the story of American
education. Nadia Lopez stands on the front line of the fight to
educate America’s children."
—Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York
"Essential...the key to academic excellence begins with an open
mind."
—Essence
"A valuable depiction of what it takes for principals and teachers
to reach children in the most troubled communities...will give
readers even more reasons to ask what we as a society are doing to
support the thousands of educators who labor in obscurity, trying
to help the nation's most vulnerable children."
—Dale Russakoff, The New York Times Book Review
“Nadia Lopez’s efforts to support the needs of children in one of
the most under-resourced communities in the country should serve as
a reminder to all that what’s required to open pathways to
excellence are educators who unlock potential. We should all be
committed to living Nadia’s legacy. She founded a school to
strengthen a community and our country . . . what will you do?”
―David J. Johns, Executive Director, White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for African Americans
"For anyone in education who thinks a student is beyond learning,
Lopez's story will prove them wrong. The narrative demonstrates a
clear progression from a woman's dream for a model school to that
reality, which has made a huge impact in its neighborhood and
across the country."
—Kirkus Reviews
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