Community Advocate, Parent, Educator

Teacher. Instructional Coach. Literacy Coordinator. Parent Advocate. Education Consultant. 

As the current Fulton County School Board Member for District Four, Franchesca Warren has spent the last 25+ years advocating for closing the gap for all students - as a teacher, instructional coach, and literacy coordinator across the Southeast. 

Always in search of a way to amplify voices in education, Franchesca founded the education think tank, The Educator’s Room, which focuses on policy work, education news, publishing books, and producing a national conference on teacher mental health. She has authored several books for teachers, many of which have been used with teachers around the country to improve their practice. In addition, she has presented at several national conferences, including NCTE, GCTE, and other professional education organizations. In 2012, Franchesca was selected as the Teacher of the Year for the 2012-2013 school year and a Difference Maker for Atlanta Public Schools. Due to her accolades both inside and outside the classroom,  she’s been featured on Fox 5 News Atlanta, Fox 13 Memphis, The Jennifer Keitt Show, The Huffington Post, Staff Loungin , Education Week, and several other media outlets. In 2015, she was selected out of hundreds of applications to be part of Harvard’s Turnaround School Leader Training, where she collaborated with school leaders from around the world on how to tackle the inequities found in many of her schools. 

Inspired by her experience advocating for her own children, Franchesca founded the parent advocacy think tank, South Fulton Parents for Education, in 2016, where she has galvanized a group of parents to demand equity for schools south of the I-20 Corridor. Through the strategic work of these parents, they have been able to move forward with the work of several initiatives around literacy, STEAM, and mental health.

In 2022, she was named one of the Top 50 Leaders in Georgia. In 2023, I was selected as one of the 53 leaders to participate in the Regional Leadership Institute sponsored by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) along with other movers and shakers in the Metro Atlanta area to address the region's needs.

Franchesca has been a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, for 25 years and is active in several community service initiatives across the metro Atlanta area. In the summer of 2023, she was one of 32 members who chartered the newest chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Beta Omega Omega, whose service area is in the City of South Fulton. 

 Outside of her daily work with students and educators, Franchesca is a wife and mom to four kids and one dog. Her oldest son is a Westlake High School graduate. The youngest three children are all students in South Fulton, ranging from third to tenth grade.