Torrie LaBarbera is a 2022-2023 Teach Plus Illinois Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellow and a kindergarten teacher at Elizabeth Meyer School in Skokie. Torrie has previously been a member of the teacher leadership team and completed a principalship internship. She was awarded a Network Apple for creating change as a new teacher and was in the running for the Ford Teacher of the Year award in Chicago (2019). She earned her BA in Early Childhood Education from Concordia University, Chicago, an MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from National Louis University, Chicago, an MEd in Educational Leadership, and an administrative credential from Northeastern Illinois University.
