Lead Advocates

• McKenzie Baecker, Two Rivers Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• Scotti Benton, Jasper County Middle School (Monticello, GA)
• Loree Harvey, Monte Vista High School (Monte Vista, CO)
• Vincent Joralemon, Frank McCourt High School (New York, NY)
• Deborah Morgan, South Sevier High School (Burrville, UT)
• Lorraine O’Shea, Grand Forks Public Schools (Grand Forks, ND)
• Heather Overkamp, C. Norcom High School (Portsmouth, VA)
• Carolyn Walling, Iowa City West High School (Iowa City, IA)
• Samuel Loftus, Livingston Collegiate Academy (New Orleans, LA) *

*Samuel Loftus is a Lead Advocate Apprentice this year and will receive an additional $1,000.

The Advocates

• Jilian Aesir, El Sausal Middle School (Salinas, CA)
• Sharon Ball, Patterson High School (Baltimore, MD)
• Kristina Bellamy , Johnny Oldman School (Hughes, AK)
• Ramon Benavidez, Del Valle High School (El Paso, TX)
• Dallas Bergstrom, Miller Career & Technology Center (Katy, TX)
• Elizabeth Bieri, Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School (Birmingham, AL)
• Leo Clark, Newburg R-II School District (Newburg, MO)
• Philip Clarke, Centennial High School (Gresham, OR)
• Cameron Cooley, Memphis Academy of Science & Engineering (Memphis, TN)
• Sarah Cooper, Southeast Career and Technical Academy (Las Vegas, NV)
• Alan Daugherty, Melrose High School (Melrose, NM)
• Robin Driver, Eisenhower High School (Yakima, WA)
• Lauren Dudley, Chapman University (Orange, CA)
• Tyson Edwards, Venture High School (Marriott-Slaterville, UT)
• Kathleen Galau, Thunder Mountain High School (Juneau, AK)
• Samuel Garson, Friday Harbor High School (Friday Harbor, WA)
• Patricia Garvey, Gar-Field High School (Woodbridge, VA)
• Albert Harrold, Strength and Honor Mentoring and Tutoring (Florissant, MO)
• Meghan Hess Shamdasani, SouthTech Academy (Boynton Beach, FL)
• Katye Howell, William B. Travis High School (Austin, TX)
• Patricia Huntington, Farb Middle School (San Diego, CA)
• Anthony Husemann, Nome Beltz High School (Nome, AK)
• Reshawndra Hutchins-Trapp, Clayton County Schools (Jonesboro, GA)
• Jeremy Jonas, Tucson High Magnet School (Tucson, AZ)
• Stephanie Jones, Maynard H. Jackson-Jr. High School (Atlanta, GA)
• Shelly Kennedy, Dekalb Middle School (Waterloo, IN)
• Rick Lapworth, Felix Varela High School (Miami, FL)
• Andrea LaRosa  Westside Middle School Academy (Danbury, CT)
• Phebe Martinez Fuentes, Hanna Early College High School (Brownsville, TX)
• Margarette Marturano, Seminole Ridge High School (Westlake, FL)
• Erin Mayer, Casey Middle School (Boulder, CO)
• Allyson McFalls, Blowing Rock Elementary School (Blowing Rock, NC)
• Keri Meador, Central High School (Louisville, KY)
• Amy Melby, Yuma High School (Yuma, CO)
• Pradip Misra, Bagdad High School (Bagdad, AZ)
• Lori Moore, Napaaqtugmiut School(Noatak, AK)
• Susana Oliu, John Muir High School (Pasadena, CA)
• Rosalyn Parson, Friendship Collegiate Academy (Washington, DC)
• Brenda Perez-Goodrum, New Liberty Innovation High School (Salem, MA)
• Eileen Rachelle Poserio, Frazer High School (Frazer, MT)
• Robert Powell, Challenger Learning Center (Ferguson, MO)
• Cecilie Prine, Lander Middle School (Lander, WY)
• Nate Raynor, Mescalero Apache School (Mescalero, NM)
• Jeanne Richardson, Graham Junior High School (Jacksboro, TX)
• Keyla Soto Hidalgo, University High School (San Juan, PR)
• Roger Spears, Goshen County School District No. 1 (Lingle, WY)
• Kendra Swain, Alabama State University (Montgomery, AL)
• Sharon Taylor, Glenn Levey Middle School (Southfield, MI)
• Paul Timm, Lyons-Decatur Northeast Public Schools (Lyons, NE)
• Yajaira Torres-De Jesus, Colegio Rosa Bell (Guaynabo, PR)
• Joshua Truitt,  Russell Middle School (Athens, GA)
• Jennifer Underwood, Iowa High School (Iowa, LA)
• Ashland “Coby” Willis, Tucker Elementary School (Philadelphia, MS)
• Robin Wilson, Emmett High School (Emmett, ID)
• Dina Yarmus, EnvironMentors NCSE – Widener University Chapter (Chester, PA)
• Sara Yeh, Ray Wiltsey Middle School (Ontario, CA)
• Donna Youngblood, Gilmer High School (Gilmer, TX)