Re-Imagining Migration was founded in 2017 as a project of the UCLA Graduate School of Education by Carola Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, and Adam Strom. Veronica Boix-Mansilla, from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, led the development of Re-Imagining Migration’s framework. We became an independent 501c3 in 2021.
Our Team
Verónica Boix-Mansilla is a Senior Principal Investigator at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research examines the conditions that enable individuals to understand and act with others on the most pressing issues of our times (migration and globalization) through quality disciplinary and interdisciplinary work in formal and informal educational settings. At Re-imagining Migration, she is co-developing a research-based comprehensive framework for quality education of immigrant-origin youth and their peers. She also examines how teachers develop their capacity to educate for global competence with quality. She works with the OECD, the International Baccalaureate, the DC Public Schools, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and other institutions to advance global education innovations. She co-developed the OECD Global Competence Framework in 2018 and published multiple papers and books: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World (2011) with Tony Jackson.
Lexi Gewertz is the Chief Operating Officer at Re-Imagining Migration. Throughout her own education and career, Gewertz has been committed to bringing together ethnically and religiously diverse populations to build stronger, more resilient communities. Gewertz received her Master of Theological Studies degree at Harvard Divinity School, focusing her research on religion in public school education, Judaism, and Islam. She later served as the Assistant Director at the Pluralism Project at Harvard University—an organization that studies the changing religious landscape of the United States—where she oversaw operations, created and curated educational resources, and directed graduate student research on religious diversity in America. At Re-Imagining Migration, Gewertz oversees the logistics and operations of programs, projects, and processes to ensure that the organization runs smoothly, properly supports its staff, and continues to deliver high-quality resources and training to educators and the wider public.
Abeer Ramadan-Shinnawi is the Program Director at Re-Imagining Migration. Shinnawi is a veteran middle school social studies teacher who has used her own upbringing as a child of immigrants to help connect students, schools and communities. Throughout her career, she has worked with schools, cultural institutions, and publishers to provide curriculum, content, and activities that reflect BIPOC students and teachers. Before joining the team at Re-Imagining Migration, she worked as a resource teacher in the Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Social Studies, leading curriculum development and supporting teachers. In addition, she served as an equity liaison and the co-facilitator of an affinity group for teachers of color. She also created and facilitated a student support group that provided safe spaces for immigrant students.
Adam Strom has a proven track record of leveraging education to build belonging and develop an understanding of the roots of polarization and hate. He is the Executive Director of Re-Imagining Migration, a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the education and well-being of immigrant-origin youth, decrease bias and hatred against young people of diverse origins, and help rising generations develop the understanding and habits of heart and mind that are necessary to build and sustain welcoming and inclusive communities. Before helping to found Re-Imagining Migration, Strom was a long-time member of the senior leadership team at Facing History and Ourselves, where he led the content development team.
The educational resources developed under Strom’s direction have been used in tens of thousands of classrooms and experienced by millions of students worldwide, including numerous resource books, study guides, and films on identity, immigration, and prejudice.
Contact Us
To send us snail mail we are located at 50 Milk St, 16th Floor, Boston, MA 02109.
To reach us by email, write to us at info@reimaginingmigration.org.