The People Behind EdLoop

Chris Waston is a Detroit native, veteran educator, and the founder of EdLoop. Fifteen years across the education ecosystem shaped both the problem he's solving and how he's built to solve it. Chris built EdLoop out of what he kept seeing from every seat in the system: teachers drowning in feedback work, students getting information too late to act on it, and families operating in the dark.

EdLoop has been recognized by the Detroit Startup Fund and won the Mass Tech Adoption Challenge at the Black Tech Saturdays Digital Empowerment Summit. Chris started his career as a classroom teacher in Detroit and moved through roles as an instructional coach, assistant principal, and district-level Director of Curriculum & Instruction for Mathematics. Alongside EdLoop, he continues to do work with Michigan State University and with Boldly Moving Education Ahead.

He holds a bachelor's in elementary education with a mathematics minor and a master's in teaching and curriculum with a K-12 administration concentration, both from Michigan State University, and is a certified K-12 administrator in the State of Michigan. Chris lives in Detroit with his wife Sarah and their four children.

Dr. Dimen Isikwe serves as School Partnerships Lead at EdLoop, where she works closely with schools and community organizations to support successful implementation of the EdLoop platform. She partners with educators, administrators, and program leaders to provide training, implementation support, and data-driven strategies that help improve student engagement and outcomes.

With a background in education, project management, and community partnerships, Dr. Isikwe is passionate about building meaningful relationships and creating systems that make educators' work easier. Her doctoral research examined how teachers make decisions about technology usage in the classroom, reflecting her commitment to understanding how educational technology can best support teaching and learning. She believes that technology should strengthen connections between schools, families, and students while providing actionable insights that support learning.

Outside of her work with EdLoop, Dr. Isikwe is committed to community engagement and educational equity, bringing people together through collaborative initiatives that empower students and support lasting impact.