Layla is a Curriculum Implementation Specialist and Computer Science Teacher for the NYC DOE CS4ALL initiative. She taught Computer Science, Science and Math to secondary school and college students for 10 years, and is currently training teachers to teach Computer Science in NYC public schools. She is passionate about integrating data literacy, social emotional learning, culturally relevant pedagogy and social justice into her CS teaching practices. In her free time Layla can be found at a skatepark on her inline or quad skates, or creating art and data science projects.