Bio - C. Sura O'Mard
C. Sura O'Mard, Principal, Boston Public Schools Sura joined the DOME Foundation Board of Directors in 2007. She has worked in the Boston Public Schools since 1987. She began her educational career as a bilingual teacher at the Mattahunt School in Boston and in 1999 she became Principal of the Ralph Waldo Emerson School. Prior to her education experience, Sura was a Contract Administrator for the Department of Transitional Assistance and a Marketing Representative at the Boston Housing Authority. She holds a BA from UMASS Amherst and a Masters degree in Education Administration from UMASS Boston. In addition to serving on Dome’s Board, Sura serves as a board member of the Shirley Eustis House in Roxbury and is an executive board member of Bottom Line which supports low income and first generation college bound high school students to get into college and graduate. She is a member of the Massachusetts Association of Elementary School Principals, the Black Educator's Alliance of Boston and CSAME Educator's Alliance. She currently resides in Mattapan, MA.