Christopher Goins
“The Surge Fellowship truly increased my capacity to lead. The Fellowship gave me a greater appreciation for my strengths and how to leverage them, as well as a deeper understanding…
Adrian DeLeón
“My Surge Fellowship experience contributed to my personal and professional development by enhancing my influential leadership capacity, reawakening my political consciousness, and strengthening my kinship with other young aspiring leaders…
Melissa Connelly
Melissa Connelly is the Chief Program Officer at OneGoal. In this role, she stewards the organization’s programmatic strategic plan and ensures all internal stakeholders are invested in the organization’s vision…
Nicole Williams Beechum
“The Surge Fellowship has been a unique opportunity to gain critical skills, and develop my capacity for leadership, surrounded by peers and mentors who know and have lived the experiences…
Michelle Bess
“Surge helped me clarify my purpose and vision for life. My purpose is to connect people of color to opportunity, in order to help create the most diverse cohort of…
Elisa Botello
“The Surge Fellowship has played a much more significant positive role in my life, both personally and professionally, than I ever expected. I feel I am at the beginning of…
Ashlie Tyler
“The Surge Fellowship was a life-changing experience. It not only reinforced the importance of grounding myself in truth and authenticity but also increased my capacity to lead through the most…
Andrea Serrano
“The Surge Fellowship was a deeply transformational experience for me, both professionally and personally. The fellowship afforded me learnings and resources to grow in my path towards executive leadership, all…
Nina Sánchez
“The Surge Fellowship has been life-giving in more ways than one. It has equipped me with the skills I need to more deftly apply my strengths to my work. It…
Institutional Funders
The Surge family thanks all of our institutional funders and individual donors for helping to keep this movement alive and strong. Every organization acknowledged on this page has had a…