Amanda Hattar is a 2024-2025 Teach Plus Illinois Affinity Group Facilitator and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Coordinator for Evergreen Park School District 124 in Evergreen Park, Illinois. She facilitates the District Equity Leadership Team (DELT) to advance the district’s strategic plan for equity. Amanda also facilitates Equity Unleashed, the equity network for South Cook Intermediate Service Center (ISC), which brings equity leaders from different districts together to collaborate and build community. She earned a BS in secondary education with a focus in biological sciences from Illinois State University and MA in school leadership from Concordia University Chicago.