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Kyla McLaughlin

Director, Partnerships & Community Engagement

Kyla McLaughlin, Director of Partnerships and Community Engagement at The Acceleration Project, headshot

Kyla McLaughlin (she/her) brings over eight years of experience in partnerships, training, and community engagement across nonprofit and education-focused organizations bridging the gap between people in need and culturally-relevant and dignified resources.


Prior to joining The Acceleration Project, Kyla served her community through training and technical assistance opportunities tailored for a variety of constituents, including undocumented immigrants, girls and gender expansive youth, and most recently home-based child care educators. From cultivating 60+ meaningful partnerships with organizations nationwide to overseeing Train-the-Trainer workshops for over 250 partners, which ultimately impacted close to 5,000 students, Kyla is dedicated to building relationship-driven partnerships and lasting engagements that help communities thrive.


Kyla received her B.A. in Sociology and Modern Languages and Literatures from Kenyon College. Kyla is fluent in Spanish.

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