Biography

Aaliyah has policy experience at the local, state and national level. As a consultant for the CSC Aaliyah, aggregated and analyzed data comparing demographics of Minnesota, St. Paul and Minneapolis district and charter schools. Additionally as the Compliance Director for the Harvest Network of Schools, located in Minneapolis, Ms. Hodge is in charge of making sure that all schools within the network are compliant with federal, state and authorizer standards, she is also in charge of board development and board training within the Network. Previously, Aaliyah taught 6th grade special education and she spent a year working with NACSA and Audubon, a local authorizer, evaluating academic, financial, and operations charter data for 34 schools in Minnesota. Aaliyah is a commissioner on the Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights and has a MPP from the University of Minnesota.