About me
Hadeil M. Abdelfattah, Ed.D. is a Palestinian-American born and raised on the northside of the city of Chicago. She is an educator of nearly 28 years and is currently a Lead Instructional Coach at Chicago Public Schools. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and wrote an Autoethnographic study of her experiences as the child of immigrants in a large urban school district. Hadeil is a co-founder of The Justice Coalition, a grassroots political organization dedicated to building power through community organizing, civic education, and legislative advocacy. She is also the founding director of Education Rising International, an organization that supports Palestinian students with accessing, navigating, and thriving in higher education and workforce pathways.
