Niloy has spent the last twenty plus years combating the inequities in public education. He has served as a systems, school, and non profit leader. Previously he served as the Executive Director of Special Populations at Texas Education Agency, where he led the state’s programming for highly mobile & at-risk, English learners, and gifted & talented students. Before that he was the co-founder and executive director of Success Preparatory Academy, a K-8th grade charter school in the Treme/Bienville Corridor for ten years. Before moving to New Orleans, he was the founding principal of Cleveland Lighthouse Community School. He also served as the Director of Special Projects at Excellence Charter School of the Uncommon Schools network in Brooklyn, New York. His initial entry into urban education was as a 2002 Teach For America (TFA) corps member in San Jose, California where he taught 4th grade. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.