Abdi Ali

Abdi Is currently employed at the Boston Public Schools, as Senior Director, Teacher Pipeline Programs- in the Office of Recruitment Cultivation & Diversity. This caps a 25 + year classroom career teaching English to students from elementary to high school. He holds degrees from Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston University and the University of MA Boston. He is dedicated to the use of “learning to foster creativity and agency”. An author, an educator extraordinaire, a committed community builder and someone who is there for his children and ALL the children he exemplifies Black Excellence. His writing, his interest in urban farming, the land, African & African American Literature, and beauty, will make him an extraordinary addition to the UFI Board.