DeShaunda Gooden-Warner has worked in a variety of roles within public, private, and nonprofit organizations throughout her 20-year career in education including teaching, professional development, policy advocacy, sales, marketing and product development. Most recently, she served as Pearson’s Director of Strategic Marketing, K-12 Literacy for North America. Prior to working at Pearson, DeShaunda was a product developer for Lakeshore Learning Materials, a program assistant for the Children’s Defense Fund’s Black Community Crusade for Children, and a first grade teacher at Blessed Sacrament/Our Lady of Lourdes School in Chicago, Illinois.