Dr. Jana Chang serves as a Complex Area Academic Officer. She supports the school improvement work at Waimanalo School in Hawaii. She has served in the Hawaii DOE as a middle school teacher, established Hawaiiʻs teacher leader academy, and managed a grant to promote educator data use. At Kamehameha Schools, she served as a senior research analyst in a literacy program to support Native Hawaiian students and teacher education in public schools. As a state office leader, Jana participated in the inaugural State Office Leadership Academy, that aimed to support state-level leaders at HIDOE to understand Nā Hopena Aʻo and build their capacity to integrate the principles in their respective work spaces. Her doctoral research focused on the improvement journeys of restructured schools during NCLB. Her presentation experience has focused on the use of data to close achievement gaps, improve graduation rates, and transform schools. Jana is a student of Hawaiian feather work.