Asha Patel

Asha Patel currently serves as an Associate Program Officer at The Leon Levine Foundation, focusing on education and healthcare since July 2025. Previously, Asha was a Senior Program Associate and Student Career Coach at Road to Hire from August 2022 to July 2025. Asha's experience also includes working as an Elementary Educator at Union County Public Schools, where noteworthy accomplishments included exceeding expected growth in academic performance for second-grade students. Additional roles include site coordination at Freedom School Partners, engagement with Teach For America, and various internships in environmental advocacy with organizations such as the Coastal Conservation League and the Environmental Defense Fund. Asha holds a B.S. in Business Administration with minors in Sustainability and Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, alongside a semester study abroad at Universitat de Barcelona.