Kayren Gray

Author, leader, educator, administrator, parent, advocate, speaker, and consult-ant, Kayren has dedicated her life to closing the gap and ensuring student success. On her classroom board read, “The quality of your life depends on the choices you make” pushing her students to be the writers of their own story and utilizing education as the key. She champions for all students to succeed by empowering students, but especially educators, to embark on the journey and begin a conversation.

Kayren earned her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Texas A&M Central Texas and Master’s Degree from Lamar University in Educational Administration with Principal Certification. Entering public education nearly a decade ago, her focus was to share her own passion for learning with others and ultimately, impact the lives of students who felt that history—or school for that matter—was not for them. She soon realized and began to understand how important it is for students of color to see success in people who look like them. By building meaningful relationships and making learning culturally-relevant, Mrs. Gray vowed to equip students with not just content, but skills they can utilize beyond school and in the real world. In 2014, she was recognized as Ellison High School's Teacher of the Year and Killeen ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year Finalist. As an administrator, she focused on the climate and culture and the correlation between student-engagement and academic achievement. Despite various roles in education, Kayren has continuously asked the same question, “Is this the best decision for all students?”

Kayren Gray is the author of The Road to Equity: The Five C's to Construct an Equitable Classroom and founder of MK Results, LLC. formed from a collective team of like-minded educators with a vision to change the narrative, em-power others, and be examples of embracing diversity. Our platform was founded to facilitate a conversation on equity and to share a powerful message on the impact of unity, diversity, inclusion, and cultural competency.

Kayren is a military spouse with one son and two bonus sons. She is active in her community and enjoys traveling. Her personal and professional experience has afforded her the honor to share her experiences to transform leaders and organizations on their path to peak performance focusing representing the varied human experience by having and creating a seat at the table. In her pastime, Kayren hosts weekly podcast entitled, "The Road to Equity" and the "Educators' Round-Table." Finally finding her own voice, she hopes to continue to share and embark on a journey towards life-long learning and setting each person up for success on #theroadtoequity