About Us

Abaarso’s success has been covered by Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, MSBNC’s Morning Joe, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, CBC’s The Current, and BBC.  In 2017 Jonathan co-founded Barwaaqo University in Somaliland, the first all-female boarding university in the country. In 2019, he co-founded Kaabe Schools, spreading high quality Montessori-inspired K-12 education throughout Somaliland. Jonathan has spoken at The World Bank, The Nantucket Project, and several school campuses, including Marist College, which selected Jonathan’s book, It Takes a School, as its first-year student required reading. Jonathan graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Emory University.

His primary academic training is in history, languages, and related fields such as anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and sociology. Jared has learned a dozen languages, both ancient and modern, and is fascinated by how people learn and communicate in many different cultures and time periods. He also has extensive training in critical methodologies and brings a keen eye for detail to any analysis of a subject. Jared has loved playing board and card games since he was a young child, so he is passionate about using them as a teaching tool to help all students develop the foundational knowledge necessary to cultivate a life-long love for learning and prepare themselves for whatever lies ahead. Jared has two young daughters and lives in Westborough with his family.