Meet the Advocates
2022-2023 Advocates
Lead Advocates
- Ramon Benavides, Del Valle High School (El Paso, TX)
- Elizabeth Bieri, Cristo Rey Jesuit Houston (Houston, TX)
- Cameron Cooley, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering (Memphis, TN)
- Edwina Kinchington, Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Andrea LaRosa, Westside Middle School Academy (Danbury, CT)
- Allyson McFalls, Blowing Rock Elementary School (Blowing Rock, NC)
- Amy Melby, Yuma High School (Yuma, CO)
- Jessica Menchaca, Del Valle ISD (Del Valle, TX)
- Jacqueline Nichols, Sunnyside Unified School District (Tucson, AZ)
- Yajaira Torres-De Jesus, Colegio Rosa Bell (Guaynabo, PR)
- Joshua Truitt, Clarke County Schools (Athens, GA)
The Advocates
- Lance Atkinson, Eisenhower High School (Rialto, CA)
- Aishat Balogun, Bloomington High School North (Bloomington, IN)
- Stephen Beall, City High School (Tucson, AZ)
- Gemma Bognot-Clarke, Chesapeake Math & IT Public Charter (Laurel, MD)
- Humberto Bracho, Frick United Academy of Language (Oakland, CA)
- Mary Brown, John Marshall School of Engineering (Cleveland, OH)
- Denise Caceres, Philadelphia High School for Girls (Philadelphia, PA)
- Christina Campos, West Oso Junior High (Corpus Christi, TX)
- Leslie Cannon, ATLAS Academy at Tennyson Middle School (Waco, TX)
- Renee Cordes, Flathead High School (Kalispell, MT)
- Norma Cullo, Bronx International High School (Bronx, NY)
- Rochelle Darville, West St. John High School (Edgard, LA)
- Alan Daugherty, Melrose Municipal Schools (Melrose, NM)
- Dannielle Davis, Circle of Excellence Network (St. Louis, MO)
- Jessica Doiron, Freedom High School (Woodbridge, VA)
- Michele Drayton, Richard T. Crane Medical Preparatory High School (Chicago, IL)
- Mark Eastburn, Princeton High School (Princeton, NJ)
- Ryne Emerick, Lebanon High School (Lebanon, MO)
- Nancy Gamez, CECyTE Jalisco (Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico)
- Eleonor Gómez Rebolledo, Kumutú STEAM (La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico)
- Jasmin Graham, Minorities in Shark Sciences (Bradenton, FL)
- John Gresham, Tompkins High School (Katy, TX)
- Julia Griffith, Red Bird Christian School (Beverly, KY)
- Phebe Priscilla Fuentes, Homer Hanna Early College High School (Brownsville, TX)
- Marquita Hammock, Southwest Leadership Academy (Philadelphia, PA)
- Naomi Hampson, YMWIC Foundation, Inc. (Cheyney, PA)
- Tahnee Harrell, Miramar High School (Miramar, FL)
- Jennifer Hatch, Medomak Valley High School (Waldoboro, ME)
- Kristina Hellmich, Two Rivers Middle School Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
- Dede Henderson, South Hamilton CSD (Jewell, IA)
- Rebecca Hooper, Laurel School District (Laurel, MS)
- Todd Ireland, 100 Black Men of Douglasville, Inc. (Douglasville, GA)
- Sunday Iwalaiye, Prince George’s County Public Schools (Laurel, MD)
- Ann Jackson, Miller Middle School (Marshalltown, IA)
- Karen Johnson, Evanston Township High School (Evanston, IL)
- Patricia Jolliff, Richardson PREP HI Middle School (San Bernadino, CA)
- Andrea Jydstrup-McKinney, West Career and Technical Academy (Las Vegas NV)
- Robert Keeney, Rio Rancho High School (Rio Rancho, NM)
- Nancy Kincaid, Eastside High School (Gainesville, FL)
- Elizabeth King, Indiana Math and Science Academy West (Indianapolis, IN)
- Jeannine Lanphear, North Brunswick Township Public Schools (North Brunswick, NJ)
- Gaurang Limachia, GoSTEM (Chicago, IL)
- Amy Mallozzi, Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
- Ben Martin, St. Clair High School (St. Clair, MO)
- Maria Martinez, Harmony School of Excellence Laredo (Laredo, TX)
- Erin Mayer, Casey Middle School (Boulder, CO)
- Joy Mordica, Equity Research Group, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
- Cynthia Moss, Los Angeles Academy Middle School (Los Angeles, CA)
- Lalitha Murali, Glen Hills Middle School (Glendale, WI)
- Susana Oliu, John Muir High School Early College Magnet (Pasadena, CA)
- Eual Phillips, Hill-Freedman World Academy (Philadelphia, PA)
- Breily Poot Ek, Hunab Proyecto De Vida AC (Nuevo Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico)
- Tyrikia Porter, Meridian Public School District (Meridian, MS)
- Cecilie Prine, Lander Middle School (Lander, WY)
- Mary-Elizabeth Quan, Ontario-Montclair School District (Ontario, CA)
- Texas Quezada, Travis Early College High School (Austin, TX)
- Liliana RamÃrez Freire, Prepatatoria 16, UANL (San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico)
- Alfred Santos, Harvest Preparatory Academy (Yuma, AZ)
- Sharon Sapp, Tucson High Magnet School (Tucson, AZ)
- Alicia Simonti, Forest Grove Middle School (Worcester, MA)
- Heather Sims, Hobart High School (Hobart, OK)
- Melissa Sleeper, Storm Grove Middle School (Vero Beach, FL)
- Bradley Spencer, Weber School District (Roy, UT)
- Brandy Tanner, Mt. Abram Regional High School (Salem Township, ME)
- Andy Thompson, Acton-Boxborough Regional School District (Acton, MA)
- Sergio Torres, Hot Springs High School (Truth or Consequences, NM)
- Andi Twiss, New Millennium Academy (Brooklyn Center, MN)
- Kiara T. Vann, Stratford STEM Magnet High School (Nashville, TN)
- Martha Warren, Jennings Senior High School (Dorsey, MO)
- John Wiley, Challenge School (Centennial, CO)
- Laura Wommack, Mansfield High School (Mansfield, WA)
- Sara Yeh, Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate (Eastvale, CA)
- Jean Yoo, Almeria Middle School (Fontana, CA)