Media Library
Explore the library of the latest articles featuring or written by Dr. Aaliyah A. Samuel
Speaker, “Together We Thrive: Advancing SEL for Educator and Student Well-Being,” Smithsonian, National Education Summit 2025, July 2025
Congressional Testimony, “SEL This School Year,” Congressional hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor in the U.S. House of Representatives, September 22, 2022
Keynote Fireside Chat, Urban Assembly SEL Symposium 2022, June 7, 2022
Panelist, “Cutting Through the Noise: The Politics of Social Emotional Learning and Voices from the Front Lines,” ASU GSV Summit 2022, April 4-6, 2022
Panelist, “Coming Together in the Name of Well-Being,” ASU GSV Summit, April 2023
Keynote Presentation, “The Future of Education: Social and Emotional Learning,” Smithsonian National Education Summit, August 9, 2022
Panelist, “The State of Social and Emotional Learning in 2022,” in conversation with Timothy Shriver, CASEL, January 31, 2022
Panelist, “House Ways and Means Committee hearing on child care amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” PBS News Hour, June 23, 2020
“Aaliyah has the rare combination of qualities of both an insightful strategist and a brilliant tactician. She determines what needs to get done and knows how to make it happen. She is able to work through adversity, with an unwavering vision. She can build a cohesive, highly productive team, while never taking her eye off what is necessary to drive continued success. Dr. Samuel is constantly looking for process improvements to ensure her team and each of its members achieves at the greatest of his or her potential. She built her team on a foundation layered with trust, respect, hard work, intelligence, and acceptance of common objectives/goals.”
— Steve W., Chief, Operating Officer, Washington DC