Dr. Rebecca Colina Neri is a Senior Improvement Specialist at WestEd whose research integrates conceptual and pragmatic tools from asset-based frameworks (e.g., Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, Funds of Knowledge) with Improvement Science methods to center the experiences of minoritized students and support practitioners in addressing the context-specific realities of the systems students navigate. Dr. Neri also worked as a mathematics educator and instructional coach for 12+ years across K-12 and community college contexts.