Claudia Montes Salinas is the Mosaic Center Special Projects Manager at Indiana University Health. “In the words of Colosio- I see my community with hunger and thirst for justice. With the collective consciousness built within the Surge Institute, small steps towards achieving justice become essential towards building a movement with prepared leaders to dismantle structural…
Alexander L. Chisley is a Visual Artist/Educator at Christamore House
Sarah Terrell is a First Grade Teacher at Matchbook Learning at Wendell Phillips School #63 “Surge is an opportunity for me to join with like-minded individuals that recognize the opportunities for change within our educational systems. It is the chance to strengthen my platform as a leader and become a change agent for those often…
Tia Taylor is the Elementary Assistant Principal at The PATH School “Surge is transformative, disruptive, and will have a lasting impact. Surge is assisting leaders in disrupting and shaking up the current state of education. They are helping fellows think about this work differently. We can’t do what we’ve always done in hopes of success, we…
Tylie Mendoza-Robertson is the Coordinator for Linguistically Diverse Scholars and Spanish Teacher at KIPP Indy Legacy High “My experiences as a Black Woman in education teaching Black, Brown, and Indigenous children while simultaneously raising my own have amplified both my passion for educational equity and my drive to be a force in closing the achievement gap.…
David McGuire is the Principal at Tindley Summit Academy “The education landscapes need to be shaken up in Indianapolis. The children deserve better than what we are offering. We need leaders who are ready to help usher in the next generation. Surge provides an opportunity for leaders of color to shake things up in service…
Nigena Livingston is the Founder and CEO at URBAN ACT Academy “I see Surge as a collective experience where leaders can come together to envision a more evolved society of free thinkers, problem solvers and change-makers. Together, we work to overcome racist, classist, patriarchal and other systems of oppression by challenging the status quo and…
Angel Jackson-Anderson is the Principal at BELIEVE Circle City High School/BELIEVE Schools “Surge is a great opportunity to catapult me into the next phase of my career. I truly believe that to evoke real change, it is imperative that one partner with others; working side by side to achieve a common goal. In education, our goal…
Tenika Holden-Flynn is the Founding Head of School at Herron Classical Schools “I would like to be a part of the Surge movement because in order to make changes you must first be informed. I believe that participating in Surge Academy will further develop my skill set to improve outcomes for all students. It will…
Dr. Brandalyn Hayes is the School Director/Principal at Paramount Schools of Excellence “Over the years, In many situations, I may have been one of few or the only black teacher some students had ever experienced. Surge focuses on the leadership of black and brown individuals and allows for more intentionality in the growth of us…