Shernice has been a career educator for 26 years, 15 of them as a teacher. After teaching she joined the UCLA Lab School and UCLA Center X, where she led staff professional development and equity-based leadership. From 2014 - 2022, she founded a diverse-by-design K-8 charter school in San Francisco and is currently the founding Head of DEIB for Citizens of the World, Los Angeles. Shernice is a strong believer and advocate for quality education for all students, especially those who have been historically underrepresented and under-supported in schools.

Shernice values the warmth and sense of belonging that Bay fosters in its community.

Precept affinity: We value living with kindness and honesty; we are careful truth-tellers. "If we all did that, we'd be living in a different world."

She is the proud mom of Ella, a member of Bay’s Class of 2023, and wholeheartedly wants to support Bay in living out its mission and vision to ensure all students have access to being “Bay brave”!