Leslie Miller Saiontz is a philanthropist, education activist, and impact investor. Leslie is founder of Achieve Miami, a foundation that launches, scales, and develops programs that narrow the achievement gap.

Kousha deferred a dream job with Google to make an immediate impact dismantling educational inequity. Today, he serves as a fill-in host and senior producer at WNYC.

In Rupa Ramadurai's role as senior human capital consultant at IBIS Consulting Group, she helps organizations develop DEI hiring practices that promote equity.

Umut Dursun is a former Marine, award-winning saxophonist, and 2011 TFA Miami-Dade Alumni. Inspired by the impact he was able to have as a sergeant in the Marine Corps, Umut chose to use his leadership skills and continue his impact by addressing the most pressing issue facing our country today: educational inequity. His great passion is to open conversations that empower people to express themselves authentically and bring awareness to changes needed in order to create equality for all individuals.

Working along like-minded, passionate, and intelligent people fueled me to understand my role in leveling the education playing field. Accelerate is the intellectual summer camp you never knew existed. 

Teach For America alum David Jessup started on the path to open his own non-profit, Digi-Bridge, a Charlotte-based organization aiming to equip educational institutions with the necessary resources and support to teach 21st-century learners the fundamentals of technology and beyond. Now, he works in environmental policy as a lawyer. 

Spurred to action by the needs of her ESOL students Katherine Leiva continues to be an advocate for equality as Chief Of Staff for Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board Member Luisa Santos.

As a U.S. diplomat, Garvey Pierre is working toward creating more understanding and connection around the world.

Samantha Pratt is a 2015 Miami-Dade alum and president of the LaunchX Entrepreneurship Program, where she helps develop the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Hannah Cocca is a first-generation entrepreneur and designer whose expertise in creative innovation, consumer trends, and viral growth-hacking grew the Nugget furniture brand from a three-person team to a 100-employee company—generating more than $250 million in sales since 2017 and earning the title of America’s Fastest-Growing Manufacturing Company (Inc. Magazine, 2020, 2021).