About me
Kristal Funk is a data driven teacher, instructional coach, school leader and lifelong learner with over 15 years of international multilingual and United States’ public school experience. With a strong background in teaching and learning, Kristal has consistently demonstrated a commitment to educational equity, bringing joy to classrooms for ALL students and actively works with educators to disrupt systems that do not teach, value and affirm the unique identities of the communities they serve. She was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2012 and inducted into Marquis Who’s Who for work in education in 2022. Kristal has taught kindergarten, seventh and eighth grade math and served as a principal in the United States (Texas and Ohio) and taught fifth grade and worked in school leadership and curriculum reform in Central America (Honduras, Mexico and Bolivia). She is a senior manager with TNTP and has worked primarily in New Mexico including work with the NMPED Equity Scorecard, Indigenous Education Initiative, and New Mexico Indigenous Instructional Scope since 2020. Outside of work, Kristal loves traveling and learning about new food and culture, spends as much time as possible with friends and family, enjoys puzzles, card games and nature and volunteers as a CASA/GAL and a therapy dog handler with her dog, Rubí. Kristal holds a double Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Curriculum and Instruction from the American College of Education as well as a Bachelor of Science in Middle Childhood Education with concentration in Math and Social Studies from Kent State University.
