Mikaela Zetley (she/her)

Mikaela Zetley is an educator and Ph.D. student in the Urban Schooling division at UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies, where she studies the intersection of disability justice, critical and culturally sustaining pedagogies, and mathematics education. She is passionate about creating learning spaces where mathematics educators can subvert racism and ableism, which she does in collaboration with the UCLA Mathematics Project. Drawing from her years working as a middle school mathematics and special education teacher in an inclusive classroom in Boston Public Schools, Mikaela aims to create affirming and humanizing learning environments for disabled and neurodivergent learners and educators.