Bela Bhasin

Bela Bhasin is a leader, coach, and facilitator with a passion for creating liberatory cultures in educational institutions, non-profits, and governmental agencies. With more than two decades of experience, Bela’s work has included school redesign, leadership coaching, designing, engaging, and humanizing professional learning experiences for adults, and DEI projects. Much of her work is focused on centering the needs and voices of those most vulnerable in our communities.

Bela has been working as a Libertiva consultant since 2021. Her recent partnerships include National Equity Project, Partners in School Innovation, The Teaching Well, San Francisco Unified School District, Oakland Unified School District, Aspire Public Schools, and the City of Redwood City.  Bela serves as a curriculum designer and facilitator of Libertiva’s Foundational Equity Series professional development workshops and AAPI affinity groups.  

Previously, Bela served as the Director of School Transformation and Design at Educate78. Under Bela’s leadership, Educate78 developed and launched the Transformational School Review Process which was used at many Oakland schools in their redesign efforts.

A collaborative and reflective leader, Bela values working across differences and cultivating positive relationships with colleagues and partners and approaches her work with humility and integrity.

Bela has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India, and a Master of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College in Boston, MA. She received her National Board Certification in 2000. Bela was born and raised in India and moved to the U.S in 1990.