Torrye is a transformational coach, lifelong learner, and anti-bias and anti-racist (ABAR) educator who helps transform schools and systems into communities that center equity and deeper learning. As a Senior Consultant at 2Rev, she helps schools and organizations build competency-based and personalized learning experiences for educators and equitable and innovative learning models for students of all backgrounds. Prior to joining 2Rev, Torrye worked in K-12 schools and higher education institutions for 14 years. Torrye’s experience in education includes roles as a middle and high school English teacher,  diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioner, college academic advisor and adjunct faculty member, and educational access nonprofit leader.  Her most recent role was serving as the head of the K-12 curriculum team at an independent school in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. There, she led the creation of a curriculum that infused culturally responsive pedagogy with social justice issues while designing meaningful professional development experiences to build teacher capacity. Torrye holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Public Administration degree with a focus in Education Management from the University of Connecticut.

What energizes you about this work?

One of my favorite quotes from political activist and scholar Angela Davis is “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” I get to do just that at 2Rev as we help transform systems, schools, and capacity. My work allows me to continually question the status quo and reimagine how our education system can better serve all students. Every day, I get to help educators pause, reflect on students’ needs and what matters most to their community, explore possibilities of what could be, and help them build the capacity to make it happen! I get energized by bringing multiple stakeholders together to design innovative systems that prepare students to meet the challenges of the future. Also, as a former classroom teacher who has sat through countless professional development sessions that felt passive and disjointed, I find joy in designing active learning experiences that address problems of practice and move away from one-size-fits-all training models while meeting the needs of adult learners. 

Why is anti-bias and anti-racism (ABAR) an integral part of the Future of Learning?

When I envision the Future of Learning, I see an education system where students’ identity markers -- whether it be race, socioeconomic status, or gender, etc. -- do not serve as predictability factors for their academic success and/or socioemotional well-being. In order to achieve equity and ensure students of all backgrounds receive what they need to thrive academically and socially, educators must understand the sociopolitical contexts in which they operate, and more specifically, how their identities impact the way they see and experience the world. Unfortunately, our education system was built on a foundation that has created inequities and marginalized groups of people throughout the years. ABAR helps educators learn how to actively dismantle these systems of oppression that impede students of all backgrounds from thriving and reaching their full potential. A commitment to ABAR also helps educators create culturally responsive and personalized learning experiences that empower students and help them build the skills they’ll need in the future.