Anne Laesecke is a monitoring, evaluation, and research practitioner with several years of experience in international education. At School-to-School International, Laesecke develops capacity-building activities, monitors and manages data quality, and conducts analysis for Early Grade Reading Assessments as well as evaluations related to social-emotional learning.
Before joining STS, Laesecke provided M&E support for programs related to international youth leadership, anti-human trafficking, and organizational performance improvement. In these roles, she developed and implemented youth-led evaluations in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa using qualitative, participatory methods such as Most Significant Change and Ripple Effect Mapping. She also spent six months in Nepal conducting action research in child labor and human trafficking and has lived in Ukraine where she taught English with the Peace Corps.
Laesecke holds a Master of Arts in international education from the George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts in linguistics and French from the University of Colorado.