Acosta Institute

S2 Ep 9: Wounded Healing with Jen Gowers

Dr. Angel Acosta Season 2 Episode 9

Dr. Jen Gowers has been an educator and leader in New York City public and charter schools for more than 17 years. She believes the world will thrive when our youth thrive. Jen currently serves as the chief of schools management, instruction and professional development for the Brilla network, where she serves and supports six schools in the Bronx. She is also one of the co-founders of an incredible nonprofit organization called Co-Plan It. She is passionate about transforming systems, developing individual capacity and potential, and making a better and brighter society.

You can find out more about Dr. Gowers here and her work at Co-Plan It here.


We want to thank Paper Monday for the interviews and portraits, Jo Barratt and Dike Godstime for the audio engineering and Maria Tan from House of Thriving for co-producing this podcast season.