Keishia Thorpe is a Nobel Prize Educator and Licensed Principal Prince George's County Public Schools, who taught English and Advanced Placement courses for 20 years.
She also co-founded the U.S. Elite International, Inc., with her sister Dr. Treisha Thorpe, a nonprofit, helping low income students across the world to access college level education, debt-free.
The GET Summit is designed for professional development, skilling, reskilling, and upskilling participants to address the knowledge and learning gaps caused by the pandemic.
The goals are to equip participants with essential skills, innovative practices, and evidence-based strategies to navigate and solve problems relative to the modern student and 21st century classroom.
The Summit also features a Minister and Stakeholder mini-conference which give teachers a seat at the table and put them in solution oriented conversations with those who make policies and decisions everyday to influence educational outcomes for students.
To date, over 500 shoes and spikes distributed to PGCPS athletes and over 200 internationally; Legacy Scholarships in honor of pioneers in sports John Messam, Hubert Lawrence, and Olympian, Vilma Charlton, awarded to high schools in Jamaica to enrich their sports programs; and Keishia Thorpe Day Legacy Scholarship awarded to college bound senior students who demonstrate high financial needs.
She has received many global accolades for her work with students inside and outside of the classroom and has been featured in numerous local and international print and television media including BBC, CNN, Fox News, NBC, CBS, TVJ, Vogue, Essence, Forbes Women, TEACH Middle East Magazine, Mission Magazine, Africa, and many others.