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Alumni

Elisa Hoffman

Founder and Executive Director

School Board School

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '96

Elisa Hoffman (Greater Delta ’96) is the founder and executive director of School Board School and a former Cincinnati Public School board member.

Darryl D. Willie

Executive Director

Teach For America Jacksonville

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '02

Darryl Willie joined the Jacksonville team in 2011 leading district strategy, alumni affairs, and community partnerships work.

Samantha Hoare

Executive Director

Teach For America Miami-Dade

Sam joined Teach For America’s Mississippi Delta corps as a high school Spanish teacher in Leland, Mississippi. She is currently the Executive Director of Teach For America's Miami-Dade region.

Alumni

Aaron Lesser

Dean of Instruction

Noble Network Of Charter Schools

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '12

As a founding math teacher at two different schools, Aaron has fallen in love with his career even though his undergraduate studies initially dictated a different path.

Alumni

Erin Stauber

K-1 Instructional Coach

D.C. Public Schools

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '05

With experience creating and implementing literacy curricula in D.C. and abroad, Erin is now an instructional coach, guiding teachers in best practices and analyzing student data.

Alumni

Najee Johnson

Chief of Staff

Ceres Imaging

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '10

Najee serves as chief of staff at Ceres Imaging, an organization that applies modern technology to agriculture to enable sustainable, profitable farming practices. 

Alumni

Peter Stephan

Staff Attorney

Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '06

Peter Stephan's devotion to public service grew in the corps, which led him to law school, followed by jobs at the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Alumni

Caitlin Botsios

Co-founder and Executive Director

Helix Education

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '12

Caitlin Botsios (Greater Delta ‘12) is the co-founder and executive director of Helix Education, a nonprofit focused on solving Chicago's youth unemployment crisis.

Alumni

Elena Dowin Kennedy

Doherty Emerging Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership

Elon University - Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '09

Elena's corps experience broadened her perspective on systemic inequity, which now infuses her work in higher education.

Alumni

Wylde Aguilera

English Second Language Teacher

Aurora Collegiate Academy Inc.

Region: Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas, '13

With over 10 years of teaching experience, Wylde shares how his students feel like extended family.