Sheeba Jacob is the Curriculum Development Director for Facing the Future, an education nonprofit that develops and delivers K-12 sustainability curriculum and teacher professional development resources. Facing the Future will work closely with the University of Idaho and the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) to support education efforts for the NARA project. Facing the Future will assist in the development and delivery of web-based curriculum resources for middle and high school classrooms, as well as provide web-based outreach and professional development for teachers.
Sheeba received a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish in 2000 and a Masters in Education in the Language and Literacy program from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2004. Sheeba has taught for seven years both in urban communities within the United States and abroad. She began her teaching career in Washington D.C. where she taught English as a Second Language to upper elementary students and subsequently to high school students. She has also taught middle school language arts in Brooklyn, New York.