Karla Broady

Karla Broady

Karla Broady has over 25 years of experience doing conflict resolution, mediation, training, and family support work locally and internationally. She is currently the Co-Director of the Center for Restorative Justice at the University of San Diego, where she is working to shape restorative training and provide mentorship, support for educators, professionals, and students in response to conflict.

Before this, she served as the Restorative Program Manager at the National Conflict Resolution Center in San Diego, where she supported a staff of specialists to provide teacher training and coaching in K-12 schools throughout San Diego County. She was instrumental in designing curriculum and systems that help strengthen relationships, build positive classrooms, and work cultures, and center harm repair in schools. Karla is passionate about using circles as a container for storytelling, self-reflection, and connection, and is committed to helping others use this process to increase understanding and resolve conflict.

Additionally, Karla holds a Master’s degree in International Educational Development, with a concentration in Peace Education from Teacher’s College, Columbia University, and she completed the RJP Professional Certificate Program at USD in 2022. She is also trauma-informed, fluent in Spanish, and approaches all things through a lens of cultural humility and equity.