Sean Miller

Sean is a former teacher and swim coach. His interest in education began in high school, as a volunteer tutor for kids in Trenton, and later working with YaLa Young Leaders, a peace movement of nearly 1 million youth from the Middle East & North Africa who foster dialogue & change. He taught 5th-Grade English and Social Studies in Baltimore, where he became passionate about the transformative power of equity and inclusion in education and health care. Thereafter, he worked for four years in administration and communications at Princeton University, supporting undergraduate students, faculty, and research at the Department of East Asian Studies and the School of Public & International Affairs. Most recently, Sean worked for the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Center, where he co-led novel college and career success programs.

He previously led research with Bellwether Education Partners and former Obama Administration advisors examining barriers and proposing recommendations for improving national postsecondary degree attainment rates among marginalized student groups. He served on Mayoral Committees for Education, Workforce Development, and Special Needs in Trenton and Montgomery, New Jersey, for Mayors Gusciora (Trenton’s first openly gay mayor) and Jaffer (the first Muslim woman to serve as a mayor in the United States). Sean served on Princeton’s municipal Civil Rights Commission and has been a guest lecturer for American University’s School of Education and the N.Y.C. D.O.E.’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. He currently serves as a Community Liaison at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, where he’s helped to advocate for policies and legislation throughout New Jersey and nationally on issues of education, human rights, and health care. He’s also a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Glass Leadership Institute, which empowers young adults to fight hatred and bigotry in their communities and advocates nationally to address systemic bias and hate crimes.

Sean holds a master’s degree in education policy and leadership from American University, a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ursinus College, a certificate in management from Princeton University, and a campaign management certificate from the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. In his free time, he loves cooking, outdoor activities, live shows, music, and dance.