Brenaea Fairchild

Always looking for ways to innovate and make the lives of Black families, learners, and teachers easier, Brenaea Fairchild has founded multiple successful organizations including: HomeWorks Trenton, The Learning Point, and most recently The Melanin Village. As a lifelong learner and teacher, Brenaea worked in public schools and coached pre-service teachers. Through her work at The Learning Point, she helped hundreds of struggling students advance in math and reading. Her organization’s most impactful program helped children experience an entire year’s worth of academic growth in math within only five weeks. Three years ago, she decided to launch The Melanin Village after realizing the unique challenges that Black families face when homeschooling. The challenges include finding like-minded community, access to accurate and high-quality curricula, and easy-to-digest information on evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. A Princeton University graduate, trained educator, and mother of two boys, Brenaea believes that homeschooling can be an example of how to provide personalized, culturally affirming, and high-quality learning experiences. She is passionate about evidence-based, individualized, and affordable education that is flexible to meet the needs of every learner. Her personal mission is to equip and empower educators to provide every child with high-quality and culturally-affirming education.