Kirsten H. Perry

Kirsten H. Perry is a school counselor and education leader focused on social-emotional learning, restorative practices, and school counseling. She was named the 2018 National School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association and has served as a middle school counselor at Singapore American School, a PreK–8 school counselor in Chicago Public Schools, an SEL specialist coaching 27 schools, and a school counseling specialist supporting more than 700 school counselors. She has also taught graduate-level school counseling courses at DePaul University and served as president of the Illinois School Counselor Association from 2019 to 2021.

Perry is co-editor and author of The ABCs of Social Emotional Learning for School Counselors and Administrators: An Adaptive, Balanced, and Collaborative Approach, published by Corwin. She has also spoken and written publicly about building sustainable SEL practices that support both students and educators.