(CHICAGO, IL – September 6th, 2022) As the Surge Institute approaches its seventh year as a national organization, the community is honored to welcome 16 emerging leaders of color who…
Jennie Vazquez-Garcia is a Dual Language Educator at Talcott Fine Arts and Museum Academy “The global pandemic has brought on a need for me to live with intentionality and with being…
Juleny Santa Cruz is the Neighborhood Leadership Initiative Council and Special Projects Manager at Mikva Challenge “As a lifelong Chicagoan from the Little Village community, Surge will allow me to…
Jose Rodriguez is the Dean of Restorative Practice at Roosevelt High School “My work feels incomplete right now. There are adults that are causing harm to our BIPOC students in spaces…
Nayesha A. Pruitt is the Co-Founder, Chief Operations Officer & Consultant at Project Restore Initiative “We’ve all had front-row seats to what’s happening in our world. The institutions that some believe…
Carissa Moorehead is the Assistant Principal at KIPP Academy Chicago “I believe that the Surge experience will grant me the development needed to enhance my impact as a Black woman…
Ceily Moore is the Program Manager at Community Youth Development Institute “Being part of the Surge Fellowship means being in community with Black and Latinx leaders in education who believe in…
Iliana Miranda is the Assistant Director of Advising and Student Retention, Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services at the University of Illinois at Chicago “I choose Surge because fighting for equity…
Liddell-Jegen McGuire the Assistant Principal at Kelly College Prep “I choose Surge because fighting for equity in schools has always been and will always be the right work. I want…