Tequilla Banks

Tequilla Banks

Tequilla Banks is an executive vice president at TNTP, where she co-leads partnerships with school systems, Prior to this role, Tequilla served as a vice president and senior strategist for TNTP. Before joining TNTP, Tequilla worked for nine years in Memphis City Schools, where she oversaw the district-wide effort to improve student outcomes by increasing teacher effectiveness. Tequilla holds a BA in psychology from Yale University and an MA in social work from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville.

Can rural students live the American Dream, too?

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I grew up in Joiner, Arkansas—a small farming community located in the heart of the Delta; the population back then was about 800, and now it’s even less than that. My grandfather, who raised me alongside my grandmother, worked as a sharecropper—and my family made sure I got a good education because they knew school was the key to a… Read more →

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