Sequoia is a Retired Marine Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CWO5) and former middle school science teacher in Jacksonville, North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Campbell University and her graduate degree in education administration from Trident University 

Sean Waldheim is the vice president of admissions at Teach For America. He was a 2000 Greater New Orleans corps member and joined Teach For America's staff in 2002.

Alejandro (Greater Philadelphia '09) founded Springboard Collaborative in 2011 to close the reading achievement gap by coaching teachers, training family members, and incentivizing learning.

Having gone from a life poverty on the west side of Chicago to becoming a Harvard graduate, Nancy Hanks knows firsthand that students' futures are not predetermined by their personal circumstance.

Kaya Henderson serves as Executive Vice President and Executive Director of the Center for Rising Generations at the Aspen Institute. Kaya has devoted her career, as a teacher, a leader, and an entrepreneur, to expanding opportunities for young people.

Shaped by experiencing inequity as a student and corps member, Elaine now focuses on strategic and innovative consulting to help companies be more equitable and sustainable.

Armed with the belief that America will only be a place of equal opportunity if all kids get an excellent education, Hunter now uses his teaching skills and business acumen to ensure New Orleans charter schools are well run and operationally strong.

Claire Blumenson is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of School Justice Project (SJP), a DC-based nonprofit organization providing special education legal services to older court-involved students with disabilities.

Education in Sight’s co-founder George Dong (Chicago ’09) says that spending time in rural China opened his eyes to the fact that rural and underserved students also suffer from uncorrected vision problems that drastically affect their learning outcomes.