About the Author

Michelle is an educational consultant that infuses startup strategies into professional learning so that teachers are empowered to bring change-making, social innovation, and SDGs into their work. After teaching social studies in both the U.S. and Switzerland, she founded the Educators' Lab, which supports teacher-driven solutions to educational challenges. Michelle is the co-author of The Startup Teacher Playbook, and Preventing Polarization (2023). She has worked with organizations like PBS Education and Ashoka, and occasionally blogs for Edutopia. A graduate of IE University in Madrid, she is a part of the Global Shaper Community of the World Economic Forum and has presented at numerous events, including SXSWedu and TEDxLausanne. She lives near Geneva, Switzerland with her family. Brian Deters has been in education for over twenty-eight years teaching social studies and coaching varsity soccer in the United States and Switzerland. Brian also is a co-host of the 4 A Better Tomorrow Podcast, a podcast series that connects his education experiences with his political ones, most notably his run in the 2018 election as a U.S. Congressional primary candidate from the 18th District of Illinois.