Dr. Brittani Williams is the director of advocacy policy & research at Generation Hope, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring student parents succeed, achieve economic mobility, and build wealth. She recently earned her doctorate in educational leadership policy from Texas Tech University, with a dissertation focusing on Black women navigating four-year degree programs. With over 10 years of experience in higher education administration, policy, and research at the institutional, state, and federal levels, Dr. Williams is deeply committed to advancing high-quality and equitable Career Technical Education (CTE). Her work emphasizes the importance of CTE in supporting state leadership to develop policies, programs, and pathways that ensure career and college success for parenting learners.