Crystal is the director of Pace Academy highscool. She values the long-term impact of education and is committed to creating positive cycles of growth and learning in her students.

• "Education is a social experience. Students now more than ever need positive connection and emotional support."

• "One of the biggest differences [in charter schools] was I had a lot of control over pay and bonuses and rewards."

• "In education, when you are an educator, you create a cycle from the experiences and the relationships that you build with people."

• "As we change our culture of politics and the way that people communicate with each other, it trickles down into policies, decisions, laws that shift what teachers are able to do in the classroom."

• "The ability to make decisions in a moment, to be able to make a pivot when you need to make a pivot without so many hands in the pot... that's one of the biggest differences in a charter school."