Brigitte Tshishimbi is a 2021-2022 Teach Plus Pennsylvania Policy Fellow who teaches 6th grade English Language Arts at Freire Charter Middle School in Philadelphia. She is the Lead Literacy Teacher and English Language Learner Coordinator at her school. In addition, Brigitte serves as co-leader of her school and network’s Black Indigenous People of Color organization. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BA in Political Science and received her MEd in Elementary Education with certification in Teaching English as a Second Language for grades K-12 from DeSales University.
