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…
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…
Anna Wolde-Yohannes
Anna Wolde-Yohannes is a Program Manager at Early Care Educators of San Francisco. “As part of the Surge movement, I’m excited to build change-making skills centered on the power…
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…