Schanfield is an educator, consultant, and coach. She is committed to improving the conditions for learning and development through relationship-building and physical well-being. Through her business, SELECT Coaching, she helps youth-serving organizations embed social and emotional learning strategies and sport-for-development approaches into their youth programs to promote healthy environments and inclusive relationships. She has coached soccer and basketball from U6 to U18. As a high school basketball coach, she was named Coach of the Year for the Massachusetts Charter School Athletic League twice. In 2023, she was inducted into the Tufts Athletics Hall of Fame along with her teammates from the 2000 Tufts University Women’s Soccer team, the first NCAA soccer finalists in school history. Schanfield holds a K-12 School Counselor license in Minnesota and earned a Master of Education in Prevention Science and Practice along with a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Counseling from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
