Naseeb Gill is a middle and high school reading intervention and ELA teacher at YES Prep West Secondary in Houston, Texas. Naseeb has worked in education for over six years, working at HISD, KIPP and YES Prep in Houston as well as in rural and city districts in Kansas and Arizona. She was her campus’s ELA lead from 2018-2021. Naseeb was Franklin Elementary’s ESL Teacher of the Year (2020-2021) and an HFT Teacher-Leader (2019-2020). While having a social justice focused classroom, she was her campus’s union steward for four years, helping staff understand policy and empowering them to ensure equitable working conditions and classrooms. Naseeb also spearheaded a group of educators who fought for staff and student rights during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic school year. She earned a BFA from the University of Kansas and a MEd from Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at the University of Arizona.
