Joy Turner
Board Member

Joy Turner is a leader dedicated to social justice and equity. Currently, she is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Lakeshore Learning, an education materials company that serves over 48 million students nationwide. She helps organizations build processes and structures that empower a diverse staff to lead with innovation. Her career began in early childhood education and has spanned the last ten years as classroom teacher, school leader, and nonprofit team leader. Joy believes we can achieve ambitious goals with humor and humanity, enjoying and connecting with each other and the work while we do hard things.

She holds a master’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in Child Development as well as dual Bachelor's Degrees from UC Berkeley in Social Welfare and African American Studies. Joy is also a mother of two who enjoys working out, eating pizza, and preventing her daughter from over stimulating the three household cats. 

WHY LIBERTAS?

Joy believes deeply in the ability of all children, all people, really, to learn and grow. Libertas is dedicated to creating an environment where students can thrive. She can't think of anything more impactful than the work of creating equitable environments to support positive outcomes for our world's future leaders.

Email Joy: joy.turner@libertascollegeprep.org