Julia Blount is the Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI). Julia’s experiences as an independent school student and as an educator inform her approach to JEDI. She was born and raised in Washington D.C. by her Black dad from the rural South and white mom from suburban New England. Growing up in an interracial family meant that she learned valuable lessons about different traditions, cultures, and lived experiences from a young age. As someone who rarely found “mirrors” of her own experience growing up, her hope is to help create a learning environment that affirms and recognizes all students and their complex and unique identities. Two of her favorite things about working at Echo Horizon are it's history of inclusion and the incredible diversity of the student body, both of which allow our community to engage in deeper conversations around JEDI topics.

Julia's career began at public charter schools in Brooklyn, NY and Washington, DC where she taught 5th & 6th grade. Later, she returned to Georgetown Day School—her alma mater and an independent school in Washington, DC—where she taught 6th-8th grades and served as a Grade Level Coordinator, Middle School Community Engagement Coordinator, and faculty advisor for Students of Color Mentoring.

Julia earned her undergraduate degree in History and certificate in African American Studies from Princeton University, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education, and an EdD in Educational Leadership from USC's Rossier School of Education. When she’s not reading history books for fun, Julia likes to cook, swim, sing in her car, and play with her dogs.