I am deeply committed to our collective struggle for educational equity & have been extremely fortunate to lead at organizations I genuinely love which reflect this passion: as a teacher in Oakland and Compton, as AP at Lockwood & founding principal at Think College Now in Oakland Unified School District, as Program/School Director at Teach for America, and CEO of College Track. I am excited to be leading the fight for educational equity through creating innovations to strengthen equity via public-private partnership with students, families, educators, and community leaders in Oakland as Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Director of Education. Together, we launched Oakland Promise (OP) & Northern California College Promise Coalition (NCCPC) to strengthen college access & completion, #OaklandUndivided (#OU) to close the digital divide, and Teachers Rooted in Oakland TRiO) to increase diversity of educators across our city & state. We have helped to raise >$125M for Oakland children & families & inspire public investments for related initiatives across our city and state of $3B. Last month, US Vice President Kamala Harris visited Oakland to announce the launch of the Generation Fund, which will ensure that within four years, there will be an entitlement for all babies and students from low-income backgrounds across the city-receiving access to $500 (medical eligible babies) and $1000/year for all Oakland public school graduates in college-for the next generation through 2035. We increased digital connectivity of students with access to computer & hotspot of students from low-income backgrounds from 12% to 98% within 1.5 years. #OU made a commitment for the 3rd straight year to provide all 50K Oakland public school students in need with home access to a computer, internet & culturally competent tech support. In partnership with OUSD, City of Oakland, TechExchange and other founding and leadership partners, we have provided over 39,000 computers, 15K hotspots and fulfilled over 18K tech support requests. Within two years, Teachers Rooted in Oakland has tripled the number of teachers of color in Oakland teacher residency programs. As current Vice President of the National Equity Project, Youth Law Academy (in partnership w/ Centro Legal) Board Member, OP Board member (Ex-Officio), and NCCPC Steering Committee Chair, I leverage the relationships built over the past two decades to increase equity for students and families. In my next step, I aim to empower students to be successful in a career of their choice and build a workforce model across California & the nation.