Antonia Watts

Antonia Watts is a Professional Learning Specialist at Illustrative Mathematics since August 2023 and a Board of Education Member for Howard County Public Schools since December 2020. In the educational sector, Antonia has engaged in community advocacy, fostering communication among stakeholders and developing equitable performance evaluations for superintendents, alongside modernizing data-driven policies for K-12 education. Previous experience includes serving as an Online ESL Teacher with VIPKid, a Professional Organizer, and teaching mathematics and engineering at Northwest Rankin High School and Arlington Public Schools. Antonia's earlier career featured engineering roles at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, where data-driven solutions were developed to enhance safety systems. Antonia holds advanced degrees in education, bioengineering, and mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Delaware.