Krista Wilson is a 2020-21 Teach Plus Illinois Senior Policy Fellow. Krista is a 7th and 8th grade math teacher at ACERO Charter Schools-SPC Daniel Zizumbo Campus. She began her teaching career in 2007 with Teach for America Phoenix and has received a number of accolades for her teaching, including Teacher of the Year. Krista sponsors the student council and coaches mathletes, cheerleading, and co-ed flag football. Krista graduated from Saint Olaf College with a BA in History, Political Science, and American Studies and a minor in American Racial and Multicultural Studies and received her MA in Secondary Mathematics Education and Structured English Immersion Education from Arizona State University.