Meet the Lead Founder

Monique Carruthers found her passion in education more than 15 years ago as an elementary school teacher in Metro Atlanta. She went on to be the Curriculum Coordinator at Georgia’s first K-12 virtual school before becoming Assistant Principal of KIPP Jacksonville VOICE Elementary. Most recently, she was the Executive Director for the Innovation Fund Foundation at the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA). Monique also served in a variety of other roles at GOSA, including Language and Literacy Specialist.

Monique and her husband live in Douglasville with their three school-aged children.