Author: Lily Altavena

How do leaders inspire? Here, in a feature we call How I Lead, we ask great leaders how they approach their jobs.Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free monthly newsletter How I Teach to get inspiration, news, and advice for — and from — educators.The morning after federal immigration officers detained two Columbia Heights Public School District students in one day, including 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, Superintendent Zena Stenvik woke up with one thought.“We need justice for 5-year-olds and all these other children,” she thought.The superintendent called her school board chair at 6 a.m. She was ready to speak publicly.In the weeks…