Gayle Mashburn has served as a school counselor in Long Beach Unified School District for the last 20 years. She has spent the last 15 years as Head Counselor supervising the academic, college/career and personal/social counseling programs of Wilson, Long Beach Poly and now Millikan High Schools. With a focus on equity and student outcomes, she has worked with her team to improve college-going rates for all students. She has also served as an adjunct professor in the University of LaVerne’s Masters of School Counseling Program, preparing future counselors to manage school crisis. She was instrumental in the implementation and expansion of the Introduction to Data Science course at Long Beach Poly High School.