Kelly Shepard is a 2026-2027 Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellow, 3-8 grade science department lead, and makerspace coordinator at Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools in Chicago. She previously served as an elementary science and math teacher for Chicago Public Schools and worked as an adjunct professor at Howard University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and National Louis University. Kelly earned a BEd in elementary education and MEd in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University Chicago, and PhD in science education from the Illinois Institute of Technology
