Hannah Williams is an educator and artist from Seattle, WA. She has spent the past decade working on innovative educational solutions both in public middle schools, youth arts non- profits and as a new school developer. (And playing in indie rock bands.) While earning her Master's degree in School Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she researched and designed a new school model called Out of The Box Learning Studio for which she earned a Breakthrough Schools Model planning grant from Next Generation Learning Challenges. She is currently working on turning this model into a usable resource for others who want to re-imagine their school or classroom. Hannah's work centers around interest- powered" learning, "student-driven" education and breaking down the barriers between school and real life.