Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
What happens when educators come together and use their collective power?
Princess Moss knows firsthand.
She grew up in rural Virginia and spent 21 years teaching music in Louisa County Public Schools. Early in her career, she saw her colleagues struggling to make ends meet and discovered the power of educators organizing together to win better pay.
That experience shaped the leader she became, from her local union to the Virginia Education Association and now the National Education Association.
As NEA’s new president, she is determined to speak up for all schools and all students, including the ones in out-of-the-way places that people often overlook. Every student should have the kind of great public education that Moss experienced in rural Virginia, she says, and every educator should have the resources they need to deliver it—and without paying for school supplies themselves.
What happens when educators come together and use their collective power?
Princess Moss knows firsthand.
She grew up in rural Virginia and spent 21 years teaching music in Louisa County Public Schools. Early in her career, she saw her colleagues struggling to make ends meet and discovered the power of educators organizing together to win better pay.
That experience shaped the leader she became, from her local union to the Virginia Education Association and now the National Education Association.
As NEA’s new president, she is determined to speak up for all schools and all students, including the ones in out-of-the-way places that people often overlook. Every student should have the kind of great public education that Moss experienced in rural Virginia, she says, and every educator should have the resources they need to deliver it—and without paying for school supplies themselves.
