Heather Ngoma is the Founding Director of the Rutgers GSE Alternate Route Teacher Training Program for the State of New Jersey, a program which has helped more than 2,000 diverse career changers, recent college graduates and other aspiring education professionals become licensed teachers in New Jersey. She is responsible for the program vision-setting, overall program coordination and supervision of Rutgers Alternate Route training sites throughout New Jersey.

She has over 25 years of experience collaborating with educators across New Jersey to drive education innovation.