For almost twenty years, Cara has helped public and private schools improve their culture.

Beginning her career in the classroom, she moved on to designing curricula and taking on administrative leadership positions within prestigious schools. Cara has spent years as a consultant and qualitative researcher for independent school heads and boards in the U.S. and U.K. She has worked with organizations such as the Spencer Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, DePaul University, C-SPAN Classroom, and McGraw Hill and contributed to numerous articles, books, and presented at conferences focused on culture and best practices within schools.

Cara has a master’s in Education and is finishing a master’s degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Harvard. She holds a certificate in Organizational Behavior from Harvard in which she specialized in psychometrics, conflict management, and organizational behavior, and a certificate in leading with data and research from Teachers College at Columbia University.

Cara’s diverse experience also includes working in finance as a research analyst and as a reporter covering the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.