Devin Adams

Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts | Boston, Massachusetts

Devin Adams is an Ed.L.D. student at Harvard Graduate School of Education passionate about democratizing access to future-defining technologies for urban youth who have historically been locked out of them. This summer, he will work with the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM) to launch the ARIA Pilot — a hands-on AI, robotics, and drone micropathway for Boston students — while building the school partnership frameworks, equity-tracking systems, and implementation playbooks needed to take the program to scale.

Devin is a first-generation college student who spent over a decade as a practitioner in urban public schools, moving from math teacher to Dean of Instruction to Principal of Fleming Middle School in Houston's historic Fifth Ward. There, he led a high-priority campus through a statewide district takeover, guiding it from an F to a B rating by building a culture grounded in instructional rigor, teacher development, and community trust. He was recognized as a First-Year Principal of the Year, a First-Year Assistant Principal of the Year, a Campus Teacher of the Year, and a PVAMU Top 40 Under 40, and earned a Diamond Family Friendly Campus Designation for his work deepening family engagement.

That practitioner experience now drives his focus on the intersection of instructional leadership, family and community engagement, and the emerging questions around AI, equity, and district-level change. He holds an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from the University of North Texas and a B.A. in Music from Prairie View A&M University.