Stella Beale (she/her) is the Dean of Faculty at Marin Academy in San Rafael, California. Prior to her arrival at MA, she worked at Windward in Los Angeles, California, first as Associate Director of Upper School and, later as the Director of Studies. Stella earned her BA in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, her MA in Education from Wake Forest University, and her MEd in Private School Leadership at Teachers College/Columbia University. Stella is also the proud mother of a student at Haverford College and an avid runner and hiker. When she's not in school, attending a CATDC workshop, or reading educational theory, she can most often be found pounding the pavement or hitting the trails.