Vriti Saraf

Vriti Saraf

Co-Founder, Ed3 DAO

Vriti Saraf is the co-founder of Ed3 DAO, a non-profit that empowers educators to catalyze innovation in education using emerging technology, with an emphasis on Web3. She is also the founder of k20 Educators, a metaverse for learning design studio and consultancy, which also incubated Ed3 DAO. Vriti started her career as a Teach for America teacher in Brooklyn, NY. She went on to serve as an Instructional Dean and then Network Director of Professional Development at Ascend Learning Charter Schools, where she built a Teacher Residency Program as well as a Dean Professional Learning Program. During this time, Vriti spent her Saturdays as an Adjunct Professor for teachers receiving their Masters in Early Childhood Development, at Relay Graduate School of Education. After Ascend, Vriti joined Whittle School & Studios, an independent school aiming to build 30 schools around the world. As Global Director of Professional Learning, she built and led the network's teacher & leader evaluation systems and coaching programs. She also provided coaching and advisory support to school principals across the network. She spent time in China, India, and the US among other stints across the world researching and building programs for the network. After Whittle, she founded k20 Educators and Ed3 DAO and continues to work with global school leaders through her consultancy on AI, web3, and leadership. She is the creator of the first global conference for education in a virtual world, the first newsletter for web3 in education, the first thinktank for virtual world building in education, and the first conference for education on Twitter Spaces.