Kristen Buczek

Systems Improvement Coach

Kristen is an educational enthusiast and has made it her life’s work to empower other educators to bring the most equitable practices into our schools. She is skilled in School Leadership Development, E-Learning, Professional Development, TK-12 Education, Literacy, Coaching and Classroom Management and has a Masters Degree in Child and Adolescent Literacy from Loyola Marymount University. She has served many roles throughout her career including classroom teacher, mentor, instructional coach, assistant principal and principal of a school recognized as California Distinguished and named one of the Top Schools in Los Angeles serving students from under served communities. Kristen now continues to pursue her passion in working with leadership and teacher teams, TK-12 in building capacity and systemwide coherence. She is proud to work alongside expert educators who have helped hundreds develop best practices in strategic planning, professional learning communities, classroom instruction, and more all in the service of students. It is her unwavering belief that, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”- Nelson Mandela

Nancy Padilla, Ed. D

Systems Improvement Coach

edge4edu Co-Founder

Dr. Nancy Padilla has been passionate about teaching and learning for more than 35 years working collaboratively with thousands of students, hundreds of teachers, and countless administrators. With a Doctorate in Urban Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California, she has primarily worked with under-served student populations as a teacher, mentor, and school site administrator. An award-winning leader with K-12 principal experience, her schools were recognized for success at each level--elementary, middle, and high school. The last eight years of her public school service was spent as a comprehensive high school principal, working extensively to expand Career Tech Ed Pathways including Automotive, Finance/ Marketing Visual Arts, Public Safety, Patient Care, Photography, Design Visual Media/Arts, and Hospitality. After retiring, or rather ‘re-wiring,’ from public school service in 2013, Dr. Padilla founded her own company, Performance Education Partnership (PEP) and serves as its CEO. For the past four years, she has worked closely with Wendy York Davoud of LTL360° as a consultant whose focus is on coaching district and site administrators as well as counselors and teachers in multiple school districts throughout California.  Spending the majority of her administrative career in secondary schools, she is sought after to foster capacity-building leadership, provide high-quality professional development, and facilitate system coherence with lead learners especially within Charter organizations, Alternative Ed, 6-8 Middle Schools, and 9-12 High Schools.  Ever the student, Nancy still actively engages in her own professional growth by staying current on emerging educational research around social emotional learning, closing equity gaps, efficacious teaching practices, and the use of technology to transform and inspire today’s learners. Consistently demonstrating energetic leadership, strong human relation skills, and a passion for the greater good of all in the education community, her participatory style builds a “let’s see what we can do” climate grounded in high integrity and trust.