Arman Sidhu is a Senior Policy and Legislative Analyst for ExcelinEd in Action. In this role, he supports the impact analysis of policies that bridge the digital divide, close learning gaps, empower families, strengthen pathways to college and career and reimagines learning. He also aids the advancement of student-centered policies in the southwestern states. Arman is also a former ExcelinEd Education Policy Resident. Arman is an educator and administrator. He is the founder & former Director of iCubed Learning Inc., a volunteer-run, nonprofit microschool and homeschool resource center serving education scholarship families in Arizona’s East Valley. Prior to founding iCubed, Arman served as a charter school principal, a middle school administrator and career and technical education instructor, teaching computer science, math and social sciences. He is an adjunct faculty for a non-traditional community college and is pursuing an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton’s Teacher’s College. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from ASU and his master’s in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Springfield. Arman lives in Chandler, Arizona, with his wife.