Vriti Saraf (https://www.vritisaraf.com/) is co-founder and CEO of Ed3 DAO (https://www.ed3dao.com/), a non-profit that upskills educators on emerging technologies through research-based pedagogy. She is also the founder of k20 Educators, a design studio and consultancy, which also incubated Ed3 DAO. Vriti started her career as a Teach for America teacher in Brooklyn, NY. She went on to serve as an Instructional Dean and then Network Director of Professional Development at Ascend Learning Charter Schools, where she built a Teacher Residency Program as well as a Dean Professional Learning Program. During this time, Vriti also served as a part-time Adjunct Professor for teachers receiving their Masters in Early Childhood Development, at Relay Graduate School of Education. After Ascend, Vriti joined Whittle School & Studios, an independent network aiming to build 30 schools around the world. As Global Director of Professional Learning, she built and led the organization’s teacher & leader evaluation systems and coaching programs. She also provided coaching and advisory support to school principals across the network. She spent time in China, India, and the US among other stints across the world researching and building programs. After Whittle, she founded k20 Educators and Ed3 DAO and continues to work with global school leaders through her consultancy on AI, web3, and leadership. She is the creator of the first global conference for education in a virtual world, the first newsletter for AI & web3 in education (https://ed3world.substack.com/), the first thinktank for virtual world building in education and the first conference for education on Twitter Spaces. She currently serves in advisory roles at XPrize, Full Steam Forward, and Mi Primer Bitcoin.