It's For The People: NASP 2026 Recap

NASP 2026 is a wrap, and this year's convention made it clearer than ever for me why I do this work…

It’s for the people!

We had two presentations and exhibited. We finished as the second most selected exhibitor booth at the entire conference. People came to the booth from all over the country, from practitioners who have been with us since day one to people seeing School Psych AI for the first time. The conversations were real, the feedback was specific, and the love was felt deeply.

To everyone who stopped by, shared a kind word, or told me how the platform has helped you: thank you. 

That is the whole reason we do this… It’s for the PEOPLE!

Our first presentation shared insights from 2.5 years of building School Psych AI. 

• 193 million words processed. 

• Thousands of users from across the globe. 

• Practitioners report 40 to 60 percent reductions in report writing time. 

• And more importantly, practitioners telling us they have more space to actually practice and do the work. More time with students. Less time buried in paperwork. 

That is what we built this for. It’s for the people!

Our second presentation was done in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools Health Services (BHS) team. Andria Amador, Jonathan Mari, Carolyn Hall, and the entire team showed what responsible AI adoption looks like inside a district. To me, that collaboration is the blueprint. Any district considering how to bring AI into its schools should start by studying what BHS and School Psych AI has done and adopting this model. I am genuinely grateful for that partnership and proud to stand alongside a team that takes practitioner scope of practice seriously.

One thing I have been reminded of at every NASP is how much this field runs on relationships. The work is hard. The caseloads are heavy. The system does not always make it easy. But the people in this field, the school psychologists who keep showing up for students every day, are some of the most dedicated people I know. The friendships I have built across my years as a practitioner are a big part of why I keep going. Can’t stress enough that the work I’ve committed my professional life to is for the PEOPLE!

And then there is the Black School Psychologists Network.

I can say without hesitation that BSPN is one of the most important pieces of work I have been part of in this field. 

At NASP, practitioners, grad students, and professors told me what the Network means to them. How it helped them find community. How it gave them a space to feel seen and supported. And the most-asked question I got throughout the entire conference? When is the Summit going back in person?

That question told me everything. Black school psychologists need community. The space we have cultivated matters. And we are going to keep building it.

My Final Thoughts

NASP 2026 was a good reminder of what this work has always been about. Not the booth numbers. Not the data points. Not the platform features. Those things are nice, but they are not the reason I get up and do this every day.

The reason is the school psychologist in year nine, who stopped writing reports on weekends. The grad student who found community in the Black School Psychologists Network when they felt alone in the field. The district team who decided the work is MORE than just writing reports (although it is still an important function of our role). The practitioner who used Sophia to put strength-based practices in action.

School Psych AI was built by a practitioner from the field, shaped by developer married to a practitioner, labored by a team of practitioners, and masterfully cultivated by real practitioners in the field, and it will keep growing because of the field. No investors (for now). No private equity. No headstart and no handouts. No shortcuts. Just practitioners who trusted us with their work and pushed us to make it better.

We did not build a platform and then find users. The people built this with us.

And as long as that remains true, the mission stays clear.

We do this For the People!!