Leading and collaborating with an incredible team partnering with districts, schools, Verizon to strengthen Digital Equity for all.

Experienced executive coaching and consulting services serving organizations nationally. Executive coaching, program design, leadership programming, digital marketing, and more. Formerly Celeste Barretto Coaching and Consulting.

Fractional chief strategist, supporting timely projects related to workforce development. Our mission is to build communities that strengthen women and support families as they reclaim their stability.

In a temp role at the perfect moment in time, I got to coach LEE members like me all over the country about what's important to them and how they can create change via elected office, get more civically engaged, and/or connect with other LEE members. I remain an active LEE member.

I led an incredible team of world-class leaders who in turn run 3 mission-critical Programs at YES Prep: our premier alternative teacher certification program (ACP), Teaching Excellence, our teacher evaluation program, The Teacher Pathway, and our instructional coaching and support program, Instructional Leadership. We do extensive cross-functional work with the goal of every teacher and leader on campus having the instructional training and support to carry out YES Prep's mission.➢Launched The Teacher Pathway, YES Prep's equity-driven teacher coaching and evaluation system, nearly tripling the recorded evaluation touchpoints per teacher to 29.1 as of May, 2023➢Achieved nearly a 0.5 correlation rate between student growth results and teacher performance rubric results according to TIA and TTU ➢Led instructional leadership and teacher initiatives throughout the peak of the COVID19 pandemic that resulted in YES Prep's achievement recovery to exceed pre-pandemic performance on the Texas Education Agency State Accountability System (87 in 2019 to 89 in 2022)➢Designed and executed training for over 400 leaders, 350 first year teachers in evaluation, instructional coaching, performance management and evaluation, and leadership development ➢Led Teaching Excellence, ACP, 87% NCTQ rating (top 3 in the state), an accredited Educator Prep Program serving over 350 local teachers, certifying nearly 200 teachers despite national decline in enrollment and completion of teacher certification programs➢Awarded over $3 million in Teacher Incentive Allotment funding for recognized, exemplary, and master teachers at YES Prep

Joined a celebrated all-star senior leadership team and superintendent for district turnaround, yielding 12 point increase from D (67) to high C (79) Rating on state accountability system. Led the district through the initial impact of COVID19, and got to meet many incredible students, teachers, families, and leaders along the way. ➢Executive coaching and performance management for 14 campus principals➢Managed 30 departments, more than $30 million budget ➢Designed DISD Anytime, Anywhere Learning platform in the face of COVID19➢Established innovative Collaborative Planning Cycle (CPC), new academic calendar, and various instructional approaches new to DeSoto ISD➢Coordinated comprehensive, cross-divisional COVID19 District-wide Response Plan

Led 3rd year Improvement Required school through Hurricane Harvey to Meets Standard in 1 year (F to C on the If-Then report released in July 2018)➢Initiated community-driven school redesign using design thinking and empathy interviews to yield results➢Forged partnership with Boys and Girls Club and The Women’s Home organizations, bringing full time summer camp and after school programming to TFE students

School Leader, KIPP Voyage Academy for Girls (5-8)➢Led all-girls Title I public charter middle school (5th – 8th grade) to performance in reading and math in the top 5 or top 10 of KIPP middle schools nationally➢Cut out of school suspensions by more than half in 1 year at KIPP Voyage, by 90% at KIPP Dream by year 3➢Prepared successful successor leaders and leadership teams at each schoolSchool Leader, KIPP Dream Prep (PK - 4)➢Turned around school performance from Improvement Required to Meets Standards in 1 year at KIPP Dream Prep (2014-15)➢Met 90% of performance targets, 2nd best target performance of 21 schools in KHPS (2016)➢Boosted student performance by over 30% in reading + math in 3 yearsFounding Teacher and Assistant Principal, KIPP Explore Academy (PK - 4)➢Founding teacher, founding interventionist, and founding principal at one of the top performing elementary schools in KIPP

Pre-School Program for Children with Disabilities. Being a teacher is one of the greatest joys of my life. I've learned much more from my students than I've learned from anyone else in my life (apart from my own children!).