Sabeena Shah
Sabeena Shah is an English Teacher, Entrepreneurship and Culinary Arts Pathway, John O’Connell High School at San Francisco Unified School District “I want to be a part of the…
Tomás Rodriguez
Tomás Rodriguez is the College Completion Advisor at College Track Oakland. “My vision of educational equity starts with how we address and move with the multitudes of trauma Black,…
Rychelle McKenzie
Rychelle McKenzie is the Director of Alumni at COOP Careers. “Surge is a unique opportunity for BIPOC leaders to connect and learn from each other. There’s nothing more powerful…
Bianca Lorenz Gonzalez
Bianca Lorenz Gonzalez is a College & Career Pathway Coach at Madison Park Academy / OUSD Linked Learning Office. “Surge is an acceleration, a velocity change from the status…
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…
Michelle Cody
Michelle Cody is a Teacher at San Francisco Unified School District, “I want to be a part of Surge because we cannot return to business as usual. Our students…