Brooke Giesen has been in the field of early childhood education for over 21 years. She has been a toddler teacher, a preschool aged teacher and directed a preschool program for 10 years. She also works as a consultant on issues of equity, and anti-bias practices, particularly within Early Childhood Education She has a BA in Women's Studies from UCSC and will attaining her MA in Early Childhood Education (ECE) from The Erikson Institute with a concentration in Leadership and Advocacy in May of 2023. Brooke serves as a member of SF’s Childcare Planning and Advisory Council and is a Board member of ECE SF. She also served as a Mentor Director for The CA Early Childhood Mentor Program’s Equity Leadership Fellowship, held here at Chabot.