Amber Blackwell Oakland, California

Amber Blackwell is an educator specializing in program development for urban elementary charter schools in Oakland, CA. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Black Studies from San Francisco State University and a Masters degree in Ethnic Studies from the same institution. Ms. Blackwell brings knowledge of charter school management and a vision of building self-sustaining educational communities for families of color. Ms. Blackwell is currently working to establish her own charter school in California, which is expected to open in the fall 2001.