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Alumni

Kousha Navidar

Senior Producer and Fill-in Host

WNYC New York Public Radio

Region: Miami-Dade, '10

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.

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Priscilla Thompson

News Correspondent

NBC News

Region: Houston, '12

With positions at ABC and CNN, and the 2020 presidential campaign trail with NBC News, you wouldn’t guess Priscilla Thompson’s career started in the classroom. Read how her time as a middle school teacher informs her work as a journalist.

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Natasha S. Alford

VP, Digital Content, Senior Correspondent, and host of "TheGrio Weekly"

TheGrio

Region: D.C. Region, '10

In the fast-paced world of today’s media, Natasha S. Alford oozes confidence before the camera as a digital host for TheGrio. What you might not know is that she honed her talents as a teacher in the corps.

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Carmen Perez

Senior Producer

Good Day Orlando

Region: Houston, '07

Carmen Perez's time spent with Teach For America made her a better storyteller for her career in journalism as a senior producer for Good Day Orlando.