Eleven leaders from across the Bay Area education landscape, have been selected for the 2019 Surge Oakland Fellowship program. The year-long cohort based program unites, accelerates and empowers emerging leaders of color in education. The Surge Institute officially began serving Bay Area communities in January 2018 with the opening of their west coast office and…
Dulce Torres-Petty is the Senior Program Manager at Oakland Promise
Zakir Parpia is the Director of Fiscal Partnerships at California School-Age Consortium
Jayo Miko Macasaquit is the Chief People Officer at The 19th.
Kyra Mungia is the Deputy Director of Education at the Office of Mayor Schaaf, Oakland Promise
Sanam Jorjani is the Co-Director at Oakland Literacy Coalition
Taica Hsu is the Co-Director of Mentoring at Trellis Education
Ty-licia Hooker the Executive Director at Boost! West Oakland and Stockton Success and Leadership Academy.
Roilyn Graves is the Director of Special Education at Envision Education.
Paul Fields is the Director of Programs and Partnerships at The Knowledge House in The Bronx, NYC. Paul was raised in Bergen County, NJ, educated in Lancaster, PA, matured in Brooklyn, NY and tested in Oakland, CA. While not a nomad by nature, Paul’s experiences in each of these places have helped mold him into…