Learning design for the people the system leaves out.

Name?

Jackie Miller.

What do you do?

I design learning experiences.

For whom?

People who are usually left out of the design process.

More specifically?

Justice-involved learners.

Why do you care?

Because I know what it’s like to have a system decide who you are before you get to introduce yourself.

So does it define you?

Only if I let it.

Then what can education do?

Open doors.

What makes your approach different?

I’ve been on both sides of the locked door.

Your mission?

Build learning that gives people a reason to believe there’s something on the other side of their past.

AI?

I use it as a tool, and to automate. Not a substitute for judgment.

What kind of designer are you?

A builder.

Last question: what’s your unfair advantage?

I understand the system from the inside. And I know how powerful it can be when we design a way through it.