Louise El Yaafouri

Louise El Yaafouri is a Recent Arriver & Cultural Competency Consultant at DiversifiED Consulting. She provides professional development and curriculum design in the areas of Emergent Lingual education, trauma-informed practice, culturally responsive pedagogy, and equity/inclusion work. Louise has authored a wide range of ed-related books and magazine articles. Louise has served as a Newcomer educator, Rodel Exemplary Educator, Mile High Teacher, and Professional Fulbright Educator to Tanzania, where she founded a school that continues to graduate students each year. She has also served as a Global Mentor to teachers in Kenya’s Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps, in partnership with Columbia University. Currently, she holds Board positions at the United Nations Association Denver and New America Schools and maintains vital partnerships with local and international refugee-serving entities. Louise lives between Denver, Colorado and Saida, Lebanon with her husband and sons Noor and Joud.