Nikki Bryant is a 2021-2022 Teach Plus Texas Policy Fellow who is a self-contained, third-grade teacher at Wells Branch Elementary, Arts Integration Academy in Round Rock. She serves on her campus’s Leadership team, CARE team, and Site Based Advisory, Equity, English Language Arts, and Math committees. During her second year of teaching, she successfully led a team to write four grant proposals which resulted in an award of $10,000 to support early childhood literacy. She graduated with a BA in Political Science from the University of Houston. In August 2021, she will receive her master’s degree in Educational Leadership with Principal Certification from Texas State.