DJ Hartigan
Co-CEO & Co-Founder
Kindle Education
DJ is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Kindle Education Public Charter School, rethinking how learning happens. Former AmeriCorps member, school leader, and network director. Spent years designing systems, coaching educators, and studying the most forward-thinking schools. Big on competency-based learning, project-based everything, AI integration, and making school meaningful. Jiu-jitsu purple belt under Paulo Miyao. Lover of philosophy, surreal fiction, puzzles, existential crises, and destabilizing TV, movies, and anime. Father of two, always curious, always questioning, always building.