Tonia Lenee’ Muse-Baker has served as an educator for the past 25 years plus.  She currently serves as a Site Mentor with the Norman C. Francis Teacher Residency Program at Xavier University of Louisiana.  Tonia began her teaching career as a Kindergarten Teacher in the New Orleans Public Schools.  While with NOPS, she served in various capacities including Elementary Classroom Teacher, Instructional Coach, Master Teacher and LEAP Summer School Administrator.  As an educator in Jefferson Parish Public Schools, Ms. Muse-Baker served as a Classroom Teacher, Reading Interventionist, Ranking Teacher and was selected as Teacher of the Year at McDonogh 26 Elementary School  and Reading Teacher of the Year with Jefferson Reading Council.   She is a past fellow with the School Leadership Center of Greater New Orleans (SLC) and has worked as a High School Counselor as well as a teacher in the private school sector.  Most recently, prior to COVID, she served as Chair for the Jefferson Parish Public Schools Transformation Advisory Council. 

 As she has always had a passion for education, Tonia is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications, a Master of Arts as a Reading Specialist and a Master’s +30 in Educational Leadership.  She’s an active member of St. Paul Baptist Church of Gretna, LA under the pastoral leadership under Rev. Dr. Orin D. Grant, Sr., where she has served in a variety of capacities.  She currently serves as the leader of the Education Ministry and member of the registration commission of the National Baptist Association.  Tonia has taken leadership in her church’s VBS, Summer Camps, and Church Leadership Conference.   

She is the founder of BrainStorm Educational Services non profit organization which she and her late husband, Andrew W. Baker, III, started in 2008.  The mission of that organization is to promote literacy, self-awareness and self-esteem primarily to community youth. 

No doubt, she’s a fierce yet quiet storm who is an advocate for children and all those who’s voice often gets muted in the noise of LIFE.