Shira M. Cohen Goldberg, Ed.M. is currently a lead facilitator at the HILL for Literacy, Inc. She received a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University in English and Education, a certificate in Program Planning, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation from Boston University and an EdM in Language and Literacy from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to working at the HILL, she was a Literacy Coach in a large urban school system where she supported a school-wide, multi-year literacy initiative. She also served as a Reading First Implementation Facilitator for the Massachusetts Department of Education, and was a classroom teacher in New York City and California.