Meet Our Executive Director, Erika Harrell
September 16, 2026
Erika Harrell was 19 when she began working with young people in juvenile detention centers. That experience changed how she understood education, opportunity, and what can happen when children fall through the cracks. Today, as Executive Director of ElectED DC, Erika brings that same perspective to her leadership. She thinks deeply about what young people need to thrive, not based on the school experience adults remember, but on the world today’s children are actually inheriting.
