Kimberly Eckert, MEd

Kimberly Eckert, MEd, is a 2019–2020 Understood Teacher Fellow and a high school English teacher, district program coordinator, and instructional coach in Brusly, Louisiana. She holds a BA in social work and an MEd in special education from Northwestern State University. Eckert has 12 years of teaching experience. She is the 2018 Louisiana State Teacher of the Year and was a finalist for the NEA Social Justice Activist of the Year Award in 2019.