Before becoming a high school assistant principal, Keishia was an English success coach who taught in 9th and 12th grades in Title 1 schools, she found athletics her ticket out of a poor area of her native country to become a first-generation college student in the United States.
Keishia Thorpe
Springdale, MD | Years Taught: 20
Additional Recognition
- 2023 • Joe R. Biden Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2023 • International Activism Award (Mexico)
- 2023 • African Diaspora Advisory Board, IWD Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2021-2022 • Global Teacher Prize Winner