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Media and Press Kit

Dr. Nisha Phillip Malahoo, education consultant and speaker
Dr. Nisha Phillip Malahoo, K-8 mathematics and STEM program design
Dr. Nisha Phillip Malahoo on the Inspiring Voices podcast, Innovative Teaching with Virtual Reality

Press Kit

Name: Dr. Nisha Phillip Malahoo
Title: Education consultant and speaker; Director of Education Programs and Community Engagement, Above and Beyond for Change
Based in: Orlando, Florida
Recognition: 2026 Toyota Family Teacher of the Year (National Center for Families Learning and Toyota)
Media and booking inquiries: contact form or [email protected]
Download: Curriculum vitae (PDF)

Short bio

Dr. Nisha Phillip Malahoo is an Orlando education consultant, speaker and the 2026 Toyota Family Teacher of the Year. After 13 school years teaching at a Title I elementary school, she now leads education programs and community engagement at Above and Beyond for Change and offers consulting and speaking on family engagement and K-8 mathematics.

Full bio

Dr. Nisha Phillip Malahoo is a nationally recognized educator and community engagement leader based in Orlando, Florida. The 2026 Toyota Family Teacher of the Year, she taught for 13 school years at Pinewood Elementary, a Title I school in Orange County Public Schools, where she secured more than $130,000 in competitive grant funding and built the business and nonprofit partnerships behind family learning programs that reached more than 300 families each year. She holds a Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in K-8 Mathematics Education and a Master of Education in K-8 Mathematics and Science from the University of Central Florida, where she received the Order of Pegasus, the university’s highest student honor. She chairs the Nominations Committee of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics and presents at national and state mathematics education conferences. Since June 2026 she has served as Director of Education Programs and Community Engagement at Above and Beyond for Change.

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In the News

Community Events Video
Pinewood Elementary Bike & Helmet Giveaway – YouTube This teacher’s block party features music, dancing, games and books (clickorlando.com) Teacher Helps Feed Students During Spring Break (mynews13.com)

 

Teacher Video
FOX 35 Good Day Orlando Teacher of the Week title card https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/A-Plus/2021/11/09/a–teacher-told-as-a-child-she-would-never-do-well-in-math—

 

Articles/Website/Honorable mentions
Summary of A Noyce Program for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers, funded by the National Science Foundation Dr. Nisha Phillip Malahoo outdoors at her school Dr. Nisha Phillip Malahoo with donated bicycles outside her school
https://www.facebook.com/OrlandoPolice/posts/10157781190900878 Grant a Wish 2021 – A Gift for Teaching:
News 6 segment on Grant A Wish winners at A Gift For Teaching
2020;
 2018:
 Melissa Spence from UCF came to this event and wrote this article about it.
https://www.facebook.com/UCFCCIE/posts/this-weeks-ucfccieknight-is-nisha-phillip-malahoo-nisha-has-been-a-teacher-at-pi/3891606100886746/