Alefiya Master 08C

CEO | MAD-learn | Atlanta, GA

Alefiya Master is the founder and CEO of the award-winning app development program, MAD-learn. She believes that enabling students to have career choices driven by their passions should be a key focus for all educational institutions. Master takes pride that she, as a young, minority, female educator, was able to found and grow two EdTech companies that now reach more than 40,000 students in 30 states and five countries. She knows the role of education in workforce development and the need to have all kids learn to think and create for themselves, as opposed to just being consumers of technology and innovation. Master strongly believes that since we don't know what jobs are going to be available 10 years from now, we have to teach kids how to create their own. Her degree in psychology and education from Emory, along with her training and experience as a Montessori teacher, fuels her interest in wide-scale education improvement.