Alyssa Owens
Alyssa has more than 10 years of experience working across the educational ecosystem and in a variety of geographies and cultural contexts. In her roles as a teacher, coach, parent advocate and curriculum leader, she has always aimed to address the problem of educational inequity by increasing opportunities for students through improved learning outcomes. Currently, […]
Vandita Morarka
Vandita’s experiences of working with oppressed communities in Mumbai as a teenager and her personal lived experiences made her realise the importance of gender justice, shifting power, and community organising as a practise of hope. Vandita is a social justice leader with expertise in developing knowledge products and programs, organisational transformations, leading campaigns and organising […]
Diana Berenice López Tavares
Diana is passionate about advancing STEM learning for students in Latin America and throughout the world by bringing the highest-quality, equitable STEM education, supporting teacher professional development programs and the design of contextualized teaching materials. Diana is a physicist with a Ph.D. in Physics Education Research. She has been working in STEM education for over […]
Capri LaRocca
Capri LaRocca is a design strategist interested in creative solutions to complex challenges in education. Viewing the world through the lens of a designer, Capri is always curious about the choices and first principles that shape the systems in which we operate. In addition to studying Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) at Georgetown University, […]
Sandra Godina
Sandra currently serves as the Director of Organizing Strategy with Leadership for Educational Equity in Dallas, Texas. She is a leadership development professional who partners with teachers and community members in a persistent pursuit of educational equity. Sandra coaches a team of organizers in Dallas CORE, whose work has influenced racial equity across Dallas Independent […]
Deborah Marie Rodríguez García
Deborah is an international education professional with extensive experience designing and implementing education-focused programs for developing and humanitarian contexts to bring high quality learning opportunities to children around the globe. At Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational and media organization behind Sesame Street, Deborah manages education programs to provide impactful early learning through a broad variety of […]
Andrea Fahed
Andrea graduated from the American University of Beirut with a BA in psychology and a diploma in special education. During her university years, she discovered her passion for education, since she seeks to explore the multiple facets education has. Andrea did an internship at War Child Holland, she observed classes in refugee camps’ educational centers […]
Karla Cruz Godoy
Karla Cruz Godoy is an educator, activist, and strong advocate of Big Picture’s mission and values. Karla’s love for Big Picture Learning originated from her own experience as an alumnus of the San Diego Met, Class of 2012. As a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar, Karla earned a B.A. from UC Berkeley in Gender […]
Nelly Agyemang-Gyamfi
Nelly is an educational leader who is passionate about unlocking human potential through the provision of quality and effective educational experiences and has spent the last 6-7 years building and growing programs and educational institutions to enable this. She holds an M.A. in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education […]
Tamara Hasan Abed
Tamara Hasan Abed is Senior Director, BRAC Enterprises and heads BRAC’s 16 social enterprises including Aarong (Bangladesh’s most popular retail brand selling handicrafts made by 65,000 rural artisans), BRAC Dairy (one of the country’s largest dairy processors providing rural farmers with a value chain linkage to the market), and BRAC Seed & Agro Enterprise. Tamara is […]