Arana Shapiro

Chief Operating and Programs Officer, Games For Change

Arana Shapiro is an educator and social entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience developing innovative approaches to learning that utilize games and game design. With deep expertise in education and change management as a parent, teacher, school leader, educational technologist, curriculum designer, and nonprofit leader, Arana is a leading voice on education transformation.

As Chief Operating and Programs Officer at Games for Change, she oversees programs and partnerships for schools, organizations, and families, and supports a growing global community of educators using games in the classroom. Previously, as Executive Director of the Institute of Play, Arana helped design and open the world’s first school with a game-like learning model: the New York City public school Quest to Learn.

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