Reanna Wilborn will begin her 11th year in education as the Principal of Ben Milam Elementary. Her experience includes serving as an Assistant Principal for three years on a PreK-8th two-way dual language campus, in addition to teaching middle school in Dallas ISD and high school in New York City. 

Ms. Wilborn graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor’s in Psychology and from Southern Methodist University with a master’s in Educational Leadership. She served as a Personalized Learning curriculum writer for Summit Learning and was accepted into both the Dallas LEAD and Teaching Trust Aspiring Leaders programs.    

This year, Ms. Wilborn hopes to develop sustainable instructional and cultural systems designed with opportunities for distributed leadership to foster ownership among stakeholders. In addition to the understanding that a positive school culture is the foundation of its success, Ms. Wilborn firmly believes that stakeholder collaboration is essential for organizational growth. Her primary focuses are cross-disciplinary literacy, student and teacher agency, and an emphasis on campus-wide Social Emotional Support.