Aaron Harris

Aaron Harris is Dean of Instruction at Aspire Golden State Prep. “Being a Surge fellow is important to me because I take the calling of an educator very seriously. I…

Jay Gash

  Jay Gash is the Associate Director of Youth & Emerging Media Maker Programs & Creative Director of Youth Productions at Bay Area Video Coalition. “As a creative media-maker and…

Zeyda Garcia

  Zeyda Garcia is a Lead Counselor at  Lighthouse Community Public Schools. “I’m a mental health professional in an education setting and want to normalize mental health in the education…

Naomi Fierro Peña

  Naomi Fierro Peña is the Director of Student Inclusion Lick-Wilmerding High School. “As a queer Xicana feminist, I am on a path to live authentically and unapologetically. Surge clears…

Swen Ervin

  Swen Ervin is a Director, Civil Service & Paraeducator Staffing at San Francisco Unified School District, “As people of color in this country, our stories have been, and continue…

Lauren Brown

  Lauren Brown is a Teacher on Special Assignment at Oakland Unified School District. “For the past seven years, my passion has been teaching science and literacy TK-12. Many of…

Ashley Brown

  Ashley Brown is the Early C. Ed. Policy Analyst at San Francisco Unified School District. “Surge means an opportunity to craft and refine my leadership as a Black woman…