Pema Abrahams

About Pema Abrahams

Pema has over a decade of experience at the intersection of educational initiatives, nonprofit leadership, and cultural advocacy, and a keen interest in shaping culturally-rooted, globally-engaged education initiatives in Asia. Originally from New York City, her interest in education began when she supported the development of a local school in the Himalayas and taught lower-primary students. Since then, Pema has worked extensively with leading international organizations on systemic developmental issues across Asia, and has founded various educational initiatives that bring the region’s rich array of cultural heritage to life.She also serves on the Board of Middle Way Education (USA), stewarding the development of a flexible, open-source curriculum framework generating pathways for Buddhist wisdom to enhance modern education. As a lifelong student of meditation and philosophical inquiry in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and now based in Bangkok with her husband and children, Pema brings deep personal and professional insight to her role as co-founder and project director of The Jataka School.

Experience

1. Board Member

   Middle Way Education

   Oct 2021 — Present · NY, US

   Middle Way Education helps parents, educators, and school leaders introduce the timeless wisdom of the dharma to children in creative, age-appropriate ways with high-quality, scoped and sequenced materials and theoretical frameworks. Our model is ecumenical, open source, and is informed and inspired by educators, neuroscientists, and practitioners and lineage holders from across the Buddhist world.

Education

• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  MSc, Conflict Studies, Comparative Politics

  2012 — 2013

• New York University

  BA, History, and Art History

  2004 — 2007

• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  Certificate (non-degree qualification), International Human Rights Law and Practice

  2012 — 2013

Skills

• Capacity Building
• Civil Society
• Politics
• Proposal Writing
• Research
• Conflict
• International Law
• Public Policy
• Ngos
• International Relations
• Qualitative Research
• Human Rights
• Foreign Policy
• International Development
• Grants
• Policy Analysis
• Government