
Ashlee Larkins
Ashlee is a Cincinnati native and CPS graduate (Walnut Hills High School). She graduated from Xavier University with a bachelors in Early Childhood Education. Ashlee is a 2018 Teach for America alumna and began her teaching career in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, she is back home teaching kindergarten in CPS. She hopes to inspire her students to love reading and become lifelong learners.
To learn more about how she’ll work towards building a more equitable school system, watch her Impact Presentation here.

Isabelle Kalubi Harper
Isabelle is an educator with classroom experience in private, charter, and public schools, currently teaching middle school Social Studies at Roberts Academy (CPS). As an educator, Isabelle strives to elevate the voices and perspectives of marginalized groups while creating an environment where student voice is centered through Student Council and service learning. In the non-profit sector, she has served as senior coordinator for Cincinnati Museum Center’s Youth Programs. There, she focused on youth leadership and career development, diversity and inclusion by providing youth unique experiences while also guiding them through the college admission process. Isabelle’s family has called Cincinnati home since her parents emigrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 80s. Isabelle and her husband Calvin are proud parents to their son Trey, who will be a preschooler at North Avondale Montessori this fall. Outside of teaching, Isabelle shares her passion for the sport of track and field at her alma mater Seven Hills where she has been a Varsity Sprints and Jumps coach for 14 seasons.
To learn more about how she’ll work towards building a more equitable school system, watch her Impact Presentation here.

