Janet Morrison-Lane

Janet Morrison-Lane works for the Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation as the Director of EAGLE Scholars, a college readiness program that works with over 150 seventh through twelfth-grade students and 50 college students from over 20 different countries, speaking over 30 languages. Previously, Dr. Morrison-Lane worked at CitySquare for seventeen years where she created and developed after-school programming in two public housing developments, redesigned the food distribution processes in their food pantry, developed programming for permanent supportive housing, and engaged in public policy advocacy. She earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, a Master of Science in Reading and a Doctorate of Education in Supervision, Curriculum, and Instruction from Texas A & M-Commerce. Her passion lies in ensuring all students have equitable access to opportunities that can help them discover and fulfill their dreams. She also enjoys equipping socially conscious young adults to be change agents for students. Dr. Morrison-Lane has been a committee chair for the Friends of the Dallas Public Library, participated in Leadership ISD, was a fellow for the Dallas Public Voices Greenhouse Op-Ed project and a Dallas Morning News Community Voices volunteer columnist. She currently serves on the Conrad Health and Technology Early College High School steering committee and advisory board and is a member of the Conrad High School and Tasby Middle School Site-Based Decision-Making Committees.