Paula Arce-Trigatti is the Director of the National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships (NNERPP), a professional learning organization for education RPPs launched in 2016 at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. In this role, Paula organizes and coordinates a number of learning opportunities for members across the Network and the RPP field at-large in order to improve both our theoretical understanding of partnerships and how they actually work in practice. She additionally oversees an online repository of RPP-related resources via the “NNERPP RPP Knowledge Clearinghouse,” collaboratively designs RPP tools and resources with members to support RPP development, and coordinates cross-partnership presentations at a variety of national research conferences. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Houston, as well as an M.S. in economics, a B.A. in Music, and a B.S. in Business, all from Florida State University.