Tynisha Jointer, LCSW, ME.d, is a Chicago native and product of Chicago Public Schools. Jointer is passionate about educating all children, staff and school leaders around developing a holistic approach to support student achievement. Jointer brings an array of experience and expertise having supported students on the ground as a school social worker (in both the charter and traditional public schools), experience working as a social worker in a behavioral health hospital as well as network and district level positions to make positive decisions to support students and staffs across Chicago Public Schools. She recently participated in Education Posts' focus groups, with more than 40 other African-American parents, students and teachers, to talk about the Black experience in America's public schools. These conversations were released as a video series in Getting Real About Education: A Conversation With Black Parents, Teachers and Students.