Product Leader · Assessment · EdTech · AI

Building products that regenerate education

Former school leader turned product strategist. 15+ years designing learning ecosystems that center bilingual educators, sustainability, and joy.

20,000+
Educators supported nationwide
Platform reach, 2021 to 2026
$3.78M+
Impact-driven funding secured
Competitive grants: DoE, OSSE, NewSchools
98%
Satisfaction rate
Abt Global independent evaluation, 2024
Hello, my name is
Berenice Pernalete
Berenice Pernalete
I like: building from zero
designing for the margins
bilingual everything
AI that helps teachers grow
shipping over theorizing
& getting caught in the data
AI-Powered Tools
Bilingual by Design
180+ School Systems
About
From the classroom to product leadership

I began as a bilingual teacher in Harlem, where I learned to see instruction, assessment, and school systems through the daily experience of students and educators. At Mundo Verde, I moved into instructional and assessment leadership, building tools that helped teachers understand where learners were and what to do next. I then co-founded Acento Learning to create a Spanish word study framework and assessment system built from the structure of Spanish itself. Later, I founded Instituto Mundo Verde, where I have led bilingual educator development, mentorship, and AI product work at national scale. Across each chapter, the through line is the same: listen closely to practitioners, make learning visible, and build systems that turn insight into action.

Product Philosophy
Three principles that guide me
My work sits at the intersection of instructional design, digital innovation, and educational equity, always grounded in real classroom practice.
Built from the Classroom, Not About It
I was a teacher before I was a product leader. Every feature, flow, and feedback loop starts from lived classroom experience. I don't design for educators from the outside. I model the same practices I ask them to adopt.
Remove the Barriers First
Access isn't a feature you add later, it's where I start. Free programs. Bilingual by design. Flexible scheduling. No gatekeeping. When you design for the educators who are most stretched, you build something that works better for everyone.
Technology That Sustains, Not Extracts
Too much edtech depletes the people it claims to serve. I build products that evolve through feedback, shift how educators think, and sustain communities over the long term.
Selected Work
Products & programs I've built from zero to scale
Each project reflects a practitioner-first approach, designed not just to deliver content, but to transform how educators think and grow.
AI Product · EdTech
The IMV Coach
An AI-powered teaching simulator with dual-layer feedback, combining instructional strategy analysis with sustainability mindset coaching. No other tool in the market does both.
189
Unique scenarios
78%
New reflection
3.6
Recommend (of 4)
Beta: 25 active users, 699 requests over 14 days, 32 feedback responses View case study
Acento Learning Librolandia stages
Assessment · Early Literacy
Acento Learning
A Spanish word study framework and assessment system built from how Spanish actually works, rather than translated from English.
1,000+
Classrooms
72
Word features
7
Stages
View case study
Program Design · Scale
The Fellowship
Scaled from 18 Fellows in Cohort 3 to 139 in Cohort 4 without losing quality, verified by independent evaluation.
Abt Global independent evaluation, 2024
98%
Satisfaction
100%
Retention in ed
84%
Career growth
View case study
Mentorship · Systems
Mentorship Program
A five-play mentorship framework grounded in trust, neuroscience, and empathy, turning experienced teachers into school leaders across partner networks.
Cohort 5, 117 survey responses across three DC partner schools
56%
Leader conversion
80%
Teacher retention
4.0
Live session score
View case study
20,000+
Educators supported nationwide
Platform reach, 2021 to 2026
$3.78M+
Impact-driven funding secured
Competitive grants: DoE, OSSE, NewSchools
183
School systems represented
LEAs with at least one Fellowship applicant, Cohorts 1 to 6
100%
Alumni retained in education
Abt Global independent evaluation, 2024
1,000+
Fellowship applicants
Cohorts 1 to 7
Capabilities
What I bring to the table
A blend of practitioner instinct, product strategy, and technical fluency, shaped by 15+ years building at the intersection of learning and technology.
Product & Strategy
Assessment Design Learner Insight Systems Progress Monitoring 0→1 Product Development Product Roadmapping AI Product Design User Research Learning Experience Design Grant-Aligned Development ROI Evaluation Stakeholder Management
Design & Delivery
Instructional Design Curriculum Architecture Bilingual UX LMS Management Asynchronous Learning Content Strategy
Leadership & Growth
Cross-Functional Teams Program Scaling Fundraising & Grants Partnership Development Community Building Coaching & Mentorship
Tools & Platforms
OpenAI / LLMs Laravel LearnWorlds Articulate Rise Mighty Networks GitHub Together Platform
Voices
What educators say
The work speaks through the people it serves.
The Fellowship was more helpful than any other professional development I've experienced. It didn't just teach me strategies. It changed how I see myself as an educator.
Fellowship Alumna
Bilingual Lead Teacher, Cohort 4
The simulation helped me reflect on my teaching in a completely new way. I could see my own mental models playing out in real time and learn how to shift them.
IMV Coach Beta User
Dual Language Educator
I feel prepared to become a mentor and it's thanks to the preparation of the training program. It was stress-free, excellent information, and the logistics were user friendly.
Cohort 5 Participant
Mentor Teacher Program
Let's Connect
Interested in building something that matters?
I'm always open to conversations about product leadership, edtech innovation, bilingual education, and designing for equity.
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