Leah Maxson

Leah Maxson is a Senior Inclusive Education Advisor in the Center for Education at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She has over a decade of experience supporting inclusive education programs in low and middle income countries to deliver high quality, equitable, inclusive education to learners with disabilities. Her work involves managing USAID evaluation and research activities including, the Multi-Country Study on Inclusive Education in Cambodia, Malawi and Nepal; the Child Functioning Module- Teacher’s Version pilot study in Nepal; and the Deaf Education Language of Instruction Transition in Education Systems study in Malawi, Rwanda and the Philippines. Prior to joining USAID, Leah worked for her alma mater, Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where she advised on international programs through partnerships with Gallaudet and institutions of higher education in countries around the world. Leah is an experienced classroom teacher in the U.S., Japan, and Kenya and has degrees in International Development with a focus on international disability rights (Master’s) and Deaf Education for K-12 learners (Bachelor’s).