(She/Her) Laura Schifter is a senior fellow with the Aspen Institute leading This Is Planet Ed. Laura is also a lecturer on education with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a fellow with the Century Foundation. Previously, she worked as a policy and research consultant with clients including the Massachusetts Department of Education and the US Department of Justice. She also served as a senior education and disability advisor on the US House Committee on Education and Labor and an education fellow on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. After graduating from college, she taught elementary school. Laura earned an EdD in education policy, leadership, and instructional practice.