Kristian Lenderman teaches sixth grade English Language Arts at Northbrook Middle School in Spring Branch ISD, where she is also the restorative justice coordinator. While in SBISD, Kristian started a Saturday program on school connectedness and parent involvement, and created a schoolwide Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS) for her campus. Kristian is a Sue Lehmann Award semi-finalist, an Urban Leaders Fellow, and Teach for America 2013 Houston Corps member. She graduated from Southwestern University with a degree in Anthropology, and has her Masters of Teaching from Relay GSE.