Dr. Wilson serves as Director for the Region 19 Comprehensive Center (American Samoa, Hawaiʻi, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands), delivering capacity building services in the areas of newcomer education, migrant education, multilingual/multicultural education, educational equity, and educator effectiveness. Her experience as policy analyst at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and faculty at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa give Dr. Wilson a unique understanding of the Pacific region’s policy and human context and an ability to efficiently access people and data as necessary to respond to stakeholder needs. She earned her PhD at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and holds a certificate in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance.