Tamara Nicole Sobomehin

Tamara Nicole Sobomehin is a Ph.D. student at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, cross-specializing in Learning Sciences and Technology Design, and Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (Science, Engineering, & Technology), and pursuing a Ph.D. minor in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. As a learning scientist her research focuses on community-centered learning ecologies, joyful learning, Ed|Tech|Ed, and learning experience design, and she aims to generate scholarship and technologies that advance praxis of care, connectedness, and creativity. 

Tamara is passionate about empowering children with access to meaningful experiences that support interest and agency in their learning. She serves as an elected school board trustee for the Ravenswood City School District and is a co-founder and the Chief Education Officer of StreetCode Academy - an award-winning tech education organization with a mission to empower communities of color with the mindsets, skills, and access to participate in the innovation ecosystem. At StreetCode Academy, Tamara designs learning experiences that help local and global students develop creative confidence and technical skills in coding, entrepreneurship, and design. Alongside her four amazing children and life partner/husband Olatunde, she centers the principles of Love and Ujima (collective work and responsibility) and works to advance social sustainability and restorative community and school design.

Tamara has a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University and an M.Ed in Educational Leadership and Policy from The University of Texas at Arlington.