Caroline's desire to help every child get a great education was solidified in the corps. Now, she fights for students through legal advocacy and educational work.

From the classroom to the business world, Carol still applies the lessons she learned as a middle school math teacher.

Emily leads customer insights and strategy at Chicago Transit Authority, which entails delivering quality, affordable transit services that link jobs, people, and communities.

Jamie saw firsthand the shortage of resources in low-income communities as a special education teacher. After the corps, Jamie dedicated her work in the field of philanthropy and social services to fight the very poverty that affected her students.

After earning a B.S. in chemistry from Stanford University, Bailey seemed set for a career in medicine. But after guiding her science students to success as a corps member, she remained in the classroom and continues to change students’ lives.

As a first-generation college student from a low-income family, Nibette was fully aware of the challenges her second-grade students faced. She remains committed to ending educational inequity.

As Senior Strategy and Portfolio Director for The Fund for Public Schools at the New York City Department of Education, Tory says that her time in the classroom helps give her credibility and authority.

Maya Bhattacharjee-Marcantonio (New York '12) co-founded the Marcy Lab School in 2018, a program focused on training marginalized youth for the careers of the future.

Sandhya says she wouldn’t be the businesswoman she is today if it weren’t for the four years she spent teaching at her TFA placement school.