A proven expert in urban education, instructional strategies and student engagement for 'at risk' students, Franchesca Lane-Warren is the creator of The Educator's Room, LLC, where she uses that platform to share tools and resources educators can use to empower them in the classroom. After working in several inner-city high schools across the country , she recognized that the struggle in urban classrooms centered around stakeholders not understanding both the effects of poverty and student behavior. Ultimately she believes that in order to change around struggling schools, there has to be an emphasis on what students can do instead of what they can't do in the classroom.

In 2013 she was tired of reading professional books by people who had never been in the classroom and within the first year wrote her first book, Behind the Desk How I Survived My First Ten Years in Education and helping publish three more, Keep the Fire Burning: Avoiding Teacher Burnout, Angels in My Classroom: How Second Graders Saved My Life , and How to Finish the Test When Your Pencil Breaks.

A teacher, writer, consultant, wife and mom to 4 kids, Franchesca stays committed to being an agent of change. She regularly mentors several teachers from across the nation on everything from lesson planning to creating professional development plans to become even more effective in the classroom. In 2012, Franchesca was selected as the Teacher of the Year for the 2012-2013 school year and a Difference Maker for Atlanta Public Schools. In addition, she's been featured on Fox 5 News Atlanta, Fox 13 Memphis, The Jennifer Keitt Show, The Huffington Post, Staff Lounge and several other media outlets.

A proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Franchesca loves to volunteer in helping young girls realize their value in her community. In her spare time, you can find her running an occasional half marathon and enjoying life with her three kids and husband in the metro Atlanta area. She lives by the motto,"Success is failure turned inside out."