Aaron Barlin

Board Member

Co-founder Emergent Change | DEI Consulting

Aaron Barlin (he/they) is a high school teacher turned DEI strategist, co-founder of Emergent Change | DEI Consulting. Aaron now expands classroom strategies to organizational changemaking—an intersectional subject that necessitates lifelong learning and pedagogical prowess.

With an M.S.Ed in urban teaching and dialogic learning from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a history of statewide leadership in California’s teachers union, Aaron centers community action in his practice.

Alongside his consulting, Aaron is faculty at the Rex and Margaret Fortune School of Education in Sacramento, where he coaches teachers around integrating social justice standards and social-emotional learning competencies.