Jeneca Parker-Tongue is a Distinguished Lecturer of Administration & Supervision at Hunter College, CUNY, and she serves as the Founding Director of the Hunter College Collaborative for Social Emotional Learning & Leading (C-SELL). In this role, Jeneca is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of college and citywide projects related to training and advocacy for social-emotional learning (SEL) in schools and emotional intelligence in leadership. With considerable experience ranging from early childhood to high school, Jeneca has served as Principal and Assistant Principal within New York City (NYC) Public Schools for over ten years, where she has demonstrated her strength in designing collaborative structures that support high-quality instruction for racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse students. As a proponent of SEL, she has built a strong culture in her schools. In 2023, she was awarded the Distinguished Principal Award of Manhattan by The Middle School Principal Association of New York City and national SEL Leadership award by BlackSEL. Jeneca is an alumna of the Gray Fellowship for Principal Excellence, a current fellow of the nationwide Transformative Education Leadership (TEL) program, and a doctoral student in instructional leadership with research interests related to belongingness in schools at the intersection of well-being and equity.