Monica Swope is the founder and principal consultant of Learning Dimensions, a Chicago-based educational consultant company committed to improving the quality of education. Learning Dimensions’ mission is to design innovative curriculum solutions and provide professional development options to create transformative learning experiences that meet the demands of the 21st-century learner. Services provided by Learning Dimensions allow clients to create learning environments that help learners of all ages to become better able to confront complex problems and create inventive and original solutions in order to make a difference in their communities and serve a greater good. Services offered by Learning Dimensions to clients are consistent with the company’s motto, “True learning is driven by curiosity, transforms, and makes a difference.”

Monica Swope holds a B.S. in History with a Secondary Education Certification and a M.Ed. of Education in Curriculum, Instruction, and Evaluation from the University of Illinois at Chicago as well as a M.A. in Educational Leadership and Administration from Chicago State University. She is an adjunct faculty member of the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago, a multiple recipient of a Fulbright (Japan, 2004; Germany 2009), currently sits on the board of the Fulbright Association Chicago Chapter and Facing History and Ourselves Advisory Board, and a TEDxPilsenWomen speaker.