Prior to becoming a Master Educator, Camia Hoard was an elementary educator for fourteen years with experience ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade in many different public and charter schools across the nation.

Camia’s academic studies began at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where she graduated with a degree in elementary education and psychology.  Upon graduation, Camia became a second grade teacher in Houston, Texas.  After two years of novice teaching, she attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education and later received a Master’s Degree in Education with a concentration on the risk and prevention of failing students.

After graduation, Camia began teaching kindergarten.  Her teaching expertise remained in the early grades where she fueled her belief that a strong academic foundation is at the heart of a student’s successful academic career.

After several years of teaching in public schools, Camia expanded her experience and became a founding teacher in a Chicago KIPP Charter School. At KIPP, Camia embraced the motto, “no shortcuts, no excuses” and she brings that attitude to her work in education. Following KIPP, Camia joined a team of educators and founded Frazier Preparatory Academy. At Frazier, she raised $60,000 to bring twenty-four students to the nation’s capital to witness the success of one man’s improbable dream, President Obama’s inauguration.

Because Camia Hoard exemplified the best practices of quality early childhood teaching, she was named a winner of the 2009 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Award.  Camia and her family relocated to Washington, DC from Chicago in 2012.

Camia has proudly served as a Master Educator for Early Childhood and Elementary Education for three years.