Ali Neinfeldt is in her 15th year of education and teaches 8th-grade social studies at Chippewa Falls Middle School in Chippewa Falls, WI. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and was recently named the 2025 Wisconsin History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Ali is the leader and organizer of her school’s 8th-grade Washington, D.C., trip and also teaches an after-school enrichment golf class. Outside of school, she serves as the treasurer for the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies and is a strong advocate for social studies education in her state. Ali believes strongly in the mission of Founding Forward and wants to share its teacher education programs with others to promote civic education.
