Aisha Crumbine

Aisha Crumbine believes the truest act of leadership is knowing and using our strengths to create spaces where others are comfortable and confident to do the same. In her twenty years of experience in education, she has been a teacher and/or administrator in every type of school including: a traditional ISD serving predominantly Black students, the original KIPP Academy charter serving LatinX/Black students, The Kinkaid School (her alma mater) which is an elite private school serving a wealthy/fairly homogenous student body, and back to a traditional public school that had a bit of all of the above. In every one of those places, kids, teachers, administrators and parents alike wanted one thing most of all: to be seen and valued. As a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, Aisha is committed to helping educators lead with courage and create space for themselves and our children. In her four years with Coaching@Altitude, Aisha has coached Directors of DEI and Learning Support, grade-level deans, and department chairs.

Aisha is a Teach For America alumna and most recently served as the VP of Development for TFA Houston. She’s served on the board of Breakthrough Houston and Girls, Inc. She has a B.A. in English from Trinity University in San Antonio and an M.A. in Educational Leadership from Teachers College at Columbia University, where she was a founding cohort member of the Summer Principals Academy (SPA) Program. She and her husband Dave love talking about parenting, personal leadership, baseball and action movies. Together they have two beautiful children whom they are raising to be daring leaders in their own right.