With twenty years of experience in the educational and youth development fields, Nicole Lee-Mwandha’s career has taken her from youth development work in St. Lucia as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, to empowering incarcerated youth with media advocacy tools and leadership skills, to advocating for students experiencing homelessness in the District of Columbia’s public schools and public charter schools as the District’s Homeless Education State Coordinator. She currently holds two board positions as a Mayoral appointed member of the District of Columbia Interagency Coordinating Council (DC ICC) and the State Advisory Panel on Special Education (SAPSE), representing state and local education officials who carry out activities of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
She brings a wealth of educational, advocacy and community outreach expertise to her role as a NAEHCY at-large board member.