Jo Brassington (they/them) is a former primary school who has always been passionate about creating safe and inclusive educational spaces. They now work with schools, universities, charities, and businesses to support them in creating these spaces.

With their colleague Dr Adam Brett, I co-founded Pride & Progress: a podcast, platform, and community group amplifying the voices of LGBT+ educators, and explore ways to make our educational spaces more inclusive. This work is collated in their award-winning book: Pride & Progress: Making Schools LGBT+ Inclusive Spaces.

Jo is the lead associate for Diverse Educators, and they specialises in LGBT+ inclusion and trans awareness. They have just started a PhD, where they will be researching LGBT+ employee networks in schools.