As a graduate student, you've developed skills through engaging in a rigorous academic experience that will help you succeed in the classroom. By becoming a corps member, you will immediately assume a leadership role and apply those skills to ensuring all students have the education they deserve.
Meet some corps members who joined Teach For America after graduate school and get their perspectives on teaching and their impact in the classroom.
Meet some of our alumni and read about their experiences and how serving as a corps member impacts their work today.
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Lela Baldwin (Eastern North Carolina Corps '97) Old Dominion University, M.A. humanities Mary Washington College, B.A. history Nort Carolina State University, M.S.A Master of School Administration Post-Corps Profession: Principal, Creedmoor Elementary School, Granville County, N.C. |
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Marya Murray Diaz (New York Corps '04) Georgetown University, B.A. international studies Georgetown University, M.A. international studies Lehman College, M.A. education Pre-Corps Profession: Outreach Coordinator and Research Associate, the Center for Economic and Policy Research Post-Corps Profession: School Operations Manager, KIPP: Infinity Charter School |
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Meghan Cauzillo
(Baltimore Corps '04)
Cornell University, B.S. environmental engineering University of Michigan, M.S. environmental science Post-Corps Profession: Environmental Specialist, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency |