Nell O'Donnell is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Nell has over ten years of experience working in education for nonprofit organizations and most recently as an independent consultant. Her recent work has included a multi-country project to support emergent literacy and numeracy in early childhood centers, as well as a program to professionalize youth workers in Jordan. She is the former co-director of the Bridge (now HIVE) program on entrepreneurship and innovation at HGSE and is a Chapter Leader of Room to Read Boston.