Dr. Kristan Rodriguez is a distinguished educator, best selling author, and successful entrepreneur. Kristan's formative years were spent traversing continents, living and attending schools in West Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia. She is an award winning educator, including the Ansin Intercultural Research Award from Boston University. She was a successful teacher and a transformative principal who increased the outcomes of her school in record time. Moving to central administration, she received an Exemplary rating from her school committee and increased outcomes that resulted in a case study with the Department of Education. She turned these practices into two best selling books and a successful educational consulting agency, leveraging neurocognitive research from Harvard, modeling evidence-based practices, and using innovative approaches such as AI, she supports organizations nationally and internationally. With a keen foresight that identifies challenges well before they materialize, she crafts proactive and innovative solutions, presenting them in ways that empower and resonate within complex systems. Kristan's visionary leadership has resulted in seismic paradigm shifts within the education and business worlds.