Amira Hattab is a 2025-2026 Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellow and English teacher at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, Illinois. She also is a district curriculum developer and grading committee representative for English. Amira has served as track and field coach, summer school teacher, and was part of the International Baccalaureate program panel of teachers at Chicago’s Taft High School. She received her bachelor’s in secondary education and English from North Park University and is completing a master’s in principal leadership at North Central College.