Carissa Solomon is the author of Teaching with Trust: Creating Space for Learner Agency and Connection. She is a veteran educator with over fifteen years of experience teaching in public, charter, and private schools. She was the Lead Educator and Adult Learning Designer at Embark Education, a learner-centered micro middle school in Denver, Colorado. At Embark, Carissa helped establish and continuously refine a school model grounded in student agency, authentic learning, and radical trust. She led professional development workshops for educators, school leaders, and policy-makers, and regularly presented at national conferences including SXSW EDU, AMLE, and Big Picture Learning. Carissa is currently a literacy teacher at Denver Green School Northfield, an innovative middle school in Colorado.Carissa holds a B.A. in Philosophy and History from The George Washington University, an M.A.?in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Secondary Teaching Licensure from Chestnut Hill College. Her writing and facilitation are rooted in the belief that educational environments should empower every learner by centering connection, relevance, and autonomy.

"Teaching with Trust is a timely and deeply human call to reimagine education through radical trust and learner agency. Carissa Solomon weaves research, lived experience, and practical strategies into a compelling vision for shifting learning environments away from compliance and toward deeper connection and real-world purpose. Both an invitation and a roadmap, this book equips educators to restore possibility and joy to learning."

Carissa Solomon is the author of Teaching with Trust: Creating Space for Learner Agency and Connection. She is a veteran educator with over fifteen years of experience teaching in public, charter, and private schools. She was the Lead Educator and Adult Learning Designer at Embark Education, a learner-centered micro middle school in Denver, Colorado. At Embark, Carissa helped establish and continuously refine a school model grounded in student agency, authentic learning, and radical trust. She led professional development workshops for educators, school leaders, and policy-makers, and regularly presented at national conferences including SXSW EDU, AMLE, and Big Picture Learning. Carissa is currently a literacy teacher at Denver Green School Northfield, an innovative middle school in Colorado.Carissa holds a B.A. in Philosophy and History from The George Washington University, an M.A.?in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Secondary Teaching Licensure from Chestnut Hill College. Her writing and facilitation are rooted in the belief that educational environments should empower every learner by centering connection, relevance, and autonomy.

"Teaching with Trust is a timely and deeply human call to reimagine education through radical trust and learner agency. Carissa Solomon weaves research, lived experience, and practical strategies into a compelling vision for shifting learning environments away from compliance and toward deeper connection and real-world purpose. Both an invitation and a roadmap, this book equips educators to restore possibility and joy to learning."

Carissa Solomon is the author of Teaching with Trust: Creating Space for Learner Agency and Connection. She is a veteran educator with over fifteen years of experience teaching in public, charter, and private schools. She was the Lead Educator and Adult Learning Designer at Embark Education, a learner-centered micro middle school in Denver, Colorado. At Embark, Carissa helped establish and continuously refine a school model grounded in student agency, authentic learning, and radical trust. She led professional development workshops for educators, school leaders, and policy-makers, and regularly presented at national conferences including SXSW EDU, AMLE, and Big Picture Learning. Carissa is currently a literacy teacher at Denver Green School Northfield, an innovative middle school in Colorado.Carissa holds a B.A. in Philosophy and History from The George Washington University, an M.A.?in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Secondary Teaching Licensure from Chestnut Hill College. Her writing and facilitation are rooted in the belief that educational environments should empower every learner by centering connection, relevance, and autonomy.

"Teaching with Trust is a timely and deeply human call to reimagine education through radical trust and learner agency. Carissa Solomon weaves research, lived experience, and practical strategies into a compelling vision for shifting learning environments away from compliance and toward deeper connection and real-world purpose. Both an invitation and a roadmap, this book equips educators to restore possibility and joy to learning."