Sarah Lytle, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of Playful Learning Landscapes and a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution with the Center for Universal Education. Sarah has more than a decade of experience in connecting science to practice, working extensively with parents, early learning providers, communities, and policymakers to promote evidence-based interactions with children. Sarah has authored more than a dozen peer-reviewed publications in academic and practitioner-facing journals. At Playful Learning Landscapes, Sarah works with communities to infuse public spaces with playful learning opportunities, improving educational equity and preparing children for success in the 21st-century. Sarah has a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Temple University. She was a 2014-2016 ZERO TO THREE Fellow and is currently part of Ready Nation’s Brain Science Speaker’s Bureau.