Catherine Maloof
About Catherine Maloof
Catherine Maloof serves as the Content Manager for Special Projects at Sesame Workshop, where she focuses on integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into children's media. With a background in education policy and extensive teaching experience, she enhances educational programming for early childhood education.
Work at Sesame Workshop
Catherine Maloof has been serving as the Content Manager for Special Projects at Sesame Workshop since 2022. In this role, she focuses on developing content that integrates principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion into children's media. Her work aims to enhance educational programming, particularly in the area of early childhood education. Prior to her current position, she worked as an Educational Content Associate at Sesame Workshop from 2021 to 2022 and completed a formal learning internship in 2021.
Education and Expertise
Catherine Maloof holds a Master of Education (Ed.M.) in Education Policy and Management from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, where she studied from 2020 to 2021. She also earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Development and Women's Leadership from Duke University, graduating in 2011. Her educational background is complemented by her international experiences in Mongolia and Jordan, which inform her approach to content development in children's media.
Background in Education
Catherine Maloof has a strong background in education, having worked as a 1st Grade Teacher at Education for Change Public Schools in Oakland, CA, from 2015 to 2019. She also served as a Teacher in Residence at Achievement First in Brooklyn, NY, for five months in 2015. Additionally, she was a Teacher Policy Fellow at GO Public Schools from 2017 to 2019, where she focused on educational policy in Oakland.
Previous Work Experience
Before joining Sesame Workshop, Catherine Maloof held various positions that contributed to her expertise in education and content development. She worked as an Operations Manager at lemlem from 2012 to 2015 and completed internships at Madeline Weinrib and Harvard University. At Harvard, she was an Equity and Inclusion Fellow and a Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative Intern, gaining valuable insights into educational equity and early childhood education.
International Experience
Catherine Maloof's international experience includes studying at the School for International Training, where she spent a year in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and Amman, Jordan, from 2009 to 2010. This exposure to diverse cultures and educational systems enhances her ability to bring a global perspective to her work at Sesame Workshop, particularly in developing inclusive content for children.