Our People
Corps Members, Alumni, and Supporters
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Ben LewisGreater Philadelphia Corps 2010“Through a diverse movement, we show that the achievement gap can be closed.”
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Jocelyn LewisNew York Corps 1999“As a nation, math and science are the hallmarks of our society. ”
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Liz MoodyGreater Philadelphia Corps 2009“Each of us fits into this picture in different capacities.”
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Peter JenkinsBaltimore Corps 1995“I continue to function as an educator, both to my patients and to other health care professionals.”
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Alejandro Gac-ArtigasGreater Philadelphia Corps 2009“Sharing a culture with my students allows me to reach beyond the curriculum.”
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Liza Margarita RodriguezNew York Corps 1993“My experience heavily impacted how I view educational and socio-economic equity. ”
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Megan HermanGreater Philadelphia Corps 2010“Education inequity is our society’s biggest injustice.”
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NaaAmerley BadgerGreater Philadelphia Corps 2010“I simply cannot turn my back on this work after teaching 21 wonderful children.”
Message from the Executive Director
Tre Johnson
As the birthplace of our nation’s democracy, Philadelphia boasts a history of momentous events and admirable leaders. In a city marked by generations of innovation and progress, the unfortunate reality today is that many Philadelphia students from low-income backgrounds aren’t receiving equal access to the educational opportunities they deserve.
Today in Philadelphia, only 61% of kids from low-income backgrounds graduate from high school within four years, and only 10% will go on to graduate from college. Since 2003, Teach For America • Greater Philadelphia has been working in partnership with schools and community members across the region to change this reality by expanding educational opportunities for children growing up in under-resourced neighborhoods.
Over the last ten years, we’ve seen the tremendous impact our corps members, in partnership with their colleagues and partners across Philadelphiaand Camden, are having in their classrooms and school communities. Each day, more than 300 corps members and many dedicated alumni strive to be transformational teachers and leaders for our city’s students, while supporting our neighborhoods’ efforts to raise the bar on what it means to educate our most under-resourced children.
Among our more than 900 alumni, I’m proud of the ongoing efforts of so many leaders, including Marc Mannella (Baltimore ’98), CEO of the expanding KIPP Philadelphia Charter Schools, and Reggie Fisher (Houston ’91) and Anna Shurak (Greater Philadelphia ’04), two school leaders in the School District of Philadelphia. In a city that has spawned entrepreneurs such as Ben Franklin, our alumni are driving innovative efforts. Alyson Goodner’s (Bay Area ’02) work at School Collective is linking schools across the city, and Alejandro Gic-Artigas (Greater Philadelphia ’09), founder of the Springboard Collective, leads efforts to bring literacy enrichment to children around the city.
As executive director of Teach For America • Greater Philadelphia, Tre Johnson leads efforts to support the organization’s local teacher corps and cultivate partnerships to help expand educational opportunity for students across the region. Prior to this role, Johnson led the region’s Alumni Affairs team, coordinating and supporting the efforts of Teach For America alumni across the region to improve educational outcomes in under-resourced classrooms and communities. He also served as director of community and district partnerships, where he managed relationships with school and district leaders across the region. A native of Trenton, NJ, Johnson graduated from the University of Maryland and joined Teach For America • Houston in 2001 as a corps member. He went on to teach in Howard County, MD, and then worked for the Urban Alliance Foundation in Washington, DC. Prior to joining Teach For America as a staff member in 2010, he served in grant-writing and admissions roles for the Mariana Bracetti Academy and Freire Charter School in Philadelphia.
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