Patricia Zaki
“I believe the Surge Institute is bringing like-minded individuals together to enhance the quality of educational experiences for BIOPIC students. I hope to become an essential component of this community,…
Demetria Giles
“For me, the Surge Fellowship represents forward momentum towards the executive level partnership and fundraising skills needed to scale SchoolED. For the families and communities I serve, this means a…
Renisha O’Donnell
“ Joining Surge Academy for the 2023 Las Vegas Cohort would be an opportunity for me to connect to other leaders in the community, learn how to collectively make systemic…
Nicole Pulliam
“As a Surge fellow, I hope to expand my leadership skills. Leadership is a learning process and I feel that I can learn something new every day. Although I have…
Tarryn McGhie
“Surge is providing me an opportunity to network with others so that I can achieve my goals for improving early literacy and working with justice impacted youth. I also want…
JimDre Westbrook
“By attending Surge, I hope to build a dependable tribe of people who will continue to do the work within the Vegas educational community and importantly, do the work within…
Brenda Romero
“Through the Surge fellowship, I hope to learn from other like-minded educators to help create equitable opportunities for the youth in the community that I serve. As a first- generation…
Danyelle Wright
Dr. Wright is in her 3rd year at Cottage Grove School as Building Principal with prior administrative experience with the Madison Metropolitan School District. She received her Ph.D from UW…
Raven Talley
Raven Talley has worked as an educator for 15 years within Chicago Public Schools. She holds degrees in journalism, media, art, and educational administration. She has worked as an intermediate…
Marguerite Simpson-Lackard
My background is in pediatric medicine and I made a career change to education. I have been an educator at Walsh Middle School for 19 years as a middle school…