Kara Kalnitz
Executive Director
Kara Kalnitz has been working for Learning Edge since September 2009. Prior to serving as the Thursday Program Manager and now Executive Director, Kara was a volunteer tutor with Cluster for four years. She particularly enjoys seeing the student and tutor relationships formed each year at tutoring--a number of which last throughout their lifetimes. Kara has a MSW from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois Chicago, and she was a 2021-2022 Fellow in the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation's Leadership Lab.
Erin Agboola
Program Coordinator, Student Services
Erin was a volunteer at Learning Edge for more than two years before she joined the staff as the program coordinator for Project Next Step which is aimed at those in high school as they look to the future. Erin has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. In 2021, Erin was promoted to the Program Coordinator for Student Services. She is primarily responsible for student recruitment through Austin community engagement, new student onboarding, and developing academic enrichment opportunities for Learning Edge participants.
Bernadette Diaz
Reading Specialist
Bernadette is a veteran teacher now specializing in helping students with reading challenges in the Chicago Public Schools through the nonprofit organization Reading in Motion. Bernadette has a bachelor's degree in history from Boston College and a master of education degree in teaching and curriculum from Harvard University. She has worked with Learning Edge since 2018.
Our Board
Leslie Hodes (President)
Faye Graham Floyd (Vice President)
Lenetta Thomas (Treasurer)
Keiona Wright