Ciara Hart

Ciara Hart serves as the external relations manager for Ed Trust in Louisiana, where she focuses on consistent community engagement to highlight education inequities in the state.

Prior to joining Ed Trust, Ciara was a community organizer with the South Louisiana Coalition for Education, where she collaborated with parents, caregivers, and families, and other stakeholders to fight for greater equity and better outcomes for kids in urban centers and rural areas. Before that, she served as the director of organizing for the South Louisiana Coalition for Education, where she worked to create strategy around community engagement pertaining to the issues that impact them most. Recently, Ciara was elected to local Democratic Party leadership, where she aims to increase voter engagement and advocacy amongst younger generations.

A former public-school teacher and a proud Louisiana native, Ciara is committed to making Louisiana a better place to live, learn, and raise a family.