Alvin Irby

Alvin Irby is an educator, author, comedian, and the founder of Barbershop Books, a nonprofit organization that creates child-friendly reading spaces in barbershops and provides early literacy training to barbers. Alvin hosts cultural competency workshops as well as Diversity & Inclusion training for school districts, library systems, and education organizations. His programs help educators better understand and address the systemic and personal challenges that inhibit children's motivation to read and learn. Alvin holds a Master’s in Childhood Education from the Bank Street Graduate School of Education, a Master's in Public Administration from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, and a Bachelor's in Sociology from Grinnell College.