Leading Alumna, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem A teaching student specializing in Hebrew Literature and Mathematics for secondary education. A graduate of the first cohort of “Creating Our Future.” She strives to lead change and entrepreneurial innovation in education, believing that the educational arena is the primary front for influencing the future generation. For Shir, “Creating Our Future” is exactly what the education world needs—a group of educators dreaming and acting together to strengthen teaching as a valued, ethical, and influential profession. In her eyes, the program transforms a great will into a tangible educational reality. In the words of Idit Barak: “Ask a child, what do you want to be when you grow up? / To take the word want / and introduce it to the word can.” Lives in Jerusalem.

shir.reshelbach@mail.huji.ac.il