Poonam Raj Singh

Poonam Raj Singh (she/her) Ed. M, PCC is a peace and social educator serving Bay Area communities for the past 20 years. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) trained by the Coaches Training Institute and certified by the International Coaching Federation. Poonam worked with Partners In School Innovation for 9 years as Director of Leadership Coaching and School/District Partnership Director, where she partnered with teachers and school leaders to drive teacher collaboration and data-driven instruction. For the past decade, Poonam has worked in the space of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, specifically racial justice with a variety of different organizations in the Bay Area. She is trained in restorative justice and circle processes, drawing from indgienous wisdom, and trained by Oakland Unified School District and Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth. Poonam incorporates embodied healing practices of Playback Theatre & Theater of the Oppressed into her work, as well as mindfulness and yoga, being certified by the Art of Living Foundation in India. Poonam has a Masters in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and completed her undergraduate studies in Anthropology, with a focus on racial policy & immigrant identity politics. Poonam lives with her 3 children and her husband in Mountain View, CA- the ancestral and unceded land of the Muwekma & Ramyatush speaking Ohlone people.