Meredith “Mer” Curry is a Bay Area education practitioner, consultant, and advocate. With her consulting firm AdvancED Consulting, LLC, Mer supports organizations and initiatives that lead to sustainable systems change for the benefit of disadvantaged communities throughout California. Her clients include organizations working to uplift first-generation, underserved students to reach their highest potential here in California, and across the country. Mer is also the Director of Education Partnerships for Moneythink and the Fellow for the Northern California College Promise Coalition. In her personal time, Mer serves as a Commissioner for the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women, volunteers with LEAD Filipino and AAPI Women Lead, and is a member of AAUW San Jose, the Filipina Women’s Network, and the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute civic leadership network. Mer was recently inducted as a 2020 Honoree of the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative Eudaimonia Society for “living a life rich in purpose and meaning” and embodying the core concepts of generosity, resilience and overcoming hardship, selflessness, dedication to the common good and society at large, and commitment to long-term goals in the face of obstacles. For more information see www.advancedconsulting.org or follow Mer on LinkedIn and Facebook.