Educator and Leader for Social Justice

Candace Chen is aN innovative leader and progressive independent-school educator with a passion for social justice.

Originally from Minnesota, she majored in history as an undergraduate at Yale and then completed her PhD at UC Berkeley. Thanks to her dissertation research, she is likely the nation’s foremost expert on the history of the high school prom. An avid home baker, she has a cabinet devoted to sprinkles and chocolate. Spending over a decade in California has greatly helped her towards her goal of visiting every national park. She has visited 28 so far.