Victoria Bergsagel is an educator passionate about designing schools where all students achieve. She founded and directs Architects of Achievement and has a gift for nurturing people’s talents and insights to arrive at inspired solutions. Harvard-educated, Victoria has been a teacher, counselor, principal and school district administrator. She also served as the director of educational partnerships at Talaris Research Institute, working with scientists to conduct, integrate, and interpret the world’s leading brain research.
She now works as an educational design strategist throughout the US and abroad, helping people realize their hopes and dreams for their communities and children. She has written a book (Architecture for Achievement), authored several articles, lectured at Harvard, USC and Berkeley, served on the national AIA school design jury and advised the Obama White House on STEM education. Excelling in community engagement and organizational development, Victoria is renowned for her strategic approach, heart for equity and ability to bridge the worlds of education and architecture.