Briana Santiago Ravdin

Briana Santiago Ravdin (she/her/ella) is the Director of the Technical Assistance Partnership (TAP) for Equity, a project funded through the New York State Education Department’s Office of Special Education to improve outcomes for students with disabilities by building educators’ capacity statewide to implement culturally and linguistically responsive practices in special education settings. In her current role, she oversees the development and delivery of professional learning content that informs the relationship between teaching, learning, social identity, and cultural context.

In Briana’s work, she embraces the concepts of collective impact and continuous improvement, creating transformational partnerships that respond to the evolving needs of children while honoring the diverse experiences, contexts, and identities of all stakeholders within the educational ecosystem. She began her career in the nonprofit sector, supporting the strategic planning and initial implementation of the Cypress Hills (Brooklyn) Promise Neighborhood initiative and building a coalition of over 20 neighborhood schools and community-based organizations as a support system for children from cradle to career. She also previously worked at NYU Metro Center as a Senior Project Associate in the Technical Assistance Center on Disproportionality, where she partnered with New York State school districts to address disproportionate disciplinary rates for Black and Latinx students with disabilities, facilitating systemic change through providing technical assistance and implementing data-driven action plans to advance racial equity in student outcomes. Most recently, Briana developed and delivered professional learning content for the TAP for Equity while based at its prior home institution, the Center on Culture, Race & Equity at Bank Street College of Education.

Briana holds an Ed.M. in Education Policy & Management from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.S. in Teaching English (Grades 7-12) from NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.