CURRENT POSITION Librarian, The Green Vale School, NY  DEGREE Doctor of Educational Administration, Dowling College, NY, 2014; MLIS, Long Island University, NY, 2010 FAST FACT Price would love to be on Sesame Street and is a huge fan of Disney. FOLLOW workforcecareers.net; linkedin.com/in/corinthiaprice; TikTok: @dr.bookwiz Photo by William Neumann Photography

Recognition & Guidance

Dr. Corinthia Price is the founder of “100 High School Students America Needs to Know About,” a recognition program for students throughout the United States. “When I advised students, I noticed that there was no way to recognize ordinary students doing great things,” says Price. Those saluted by her program have included podcasters, entrepreneurs, and an activist who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. One honoree, Price remembers, was “an autistic student whose mother called crying,” she says. “Ours was the only award he got [his] senior year, but he overcame his obstacles, took college classes in high school, and graduated [high school] with an associate’s degree.” 

Price previously worked in Texas where homeschooling, as she characterizes it, is common. Since many parents who begin homeschooling lack the related information skills, she created a co-op for homeschooling families that provided in-person and virtual instruction in library science so their children would learn solid research skills. She created curricula for homeschooling, too, based on state requirements and parental requests. “Texas is loose with requirements, and you can do what the parent is looking for,” says Price. “I try to develop it based on what the child needs for that age and that grade.” 

She also taught library classes to rural Texas students whose school libraries were shut down and to students in Houston when several school libraries were converted to detention centers. “If you can’t have a seat at the table, you make your own table, and you bring your own chair,” she says. 

For her work as CEO of Workforce Career Readiness™, Price received Long Island Business News’s 50 Most Influential Women in Business: Diversity Business Award. “We work on 21st-century career readiness, professional development, and economic development,” says Price, who notes that she’s a big believer in the worth of technical education. “Tech ed is stigmatized, but is a great way to support a family.” Price, who used to be a chef and provided for her family that way during the 2008 recession, says that someday she will write a book called From the Kitchen to the Boardroom.

In April, Price was selected as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and World Learning. Through the program, she will have the opportunity to collaborate with institutions worldwide, sharing her expertise in literacy development, school librarianship, and educational innovation. “I look forward to advancing initiatives that strengthen reading and literacy programs, support school libraries, and build sustainable workforce development strategies in communities around the globe,” she says.