The Society is proud to work with all of our incredible Advocates for 2021-2022! Learn more about who they are and what inspires them.

Previous Advocate Classes

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 Ramírez 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)