Saro fights the injustice of knowledge-hoarding by making deep, meaningful connections between research and practice to foster the best learning experiences for each learner. She has 15 years’ experience in research/external evaluations of public, private, and non-profit education programs. Previously, Saro was Managing Partner, Research and Measurement at The Learning Accelerator, and the inaugural assistant director of two research units at the University of Texas at Austin. Saro is a reviewer for and advisor to multiple entities, including US federal EIR grants, Lea(R)n Platform, and SXSW EDU. Saro holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (PhD, educational psychology) and MIT (bachelor’s, brain cognitive science).