Patricia Smith
Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts and Technology (Virginia)
We Are America
Teachers
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The We Are America Project is in classrooms all across the country and beyond.
Cohort 7 (2025-2026)
Donna Neary
Ooltewah Middle School (Tennessee)
Kelly Jacobsen
Ilwaco High School (Washington)
Karen Kennedy Floyd
Gig Harbor High School (Washington)
John Ostermann
Evergreen High School (Washington)
Khalil Roy, MS
Louisiana School for the Agriculture Science (LaSAS) (Louisiana)
Cohort 6 (2024-2025)
Chayanee Brooks
Ka'u High and Pahala Elementary School (Hawaii)
Renee Jones
Lincoln High School (Nebraska)
Stephanie King
Granger High School (Washington)
Lurline Keopanya
Renton High School (Washington)
Kaitlin Quinn-Stearns
2nd Nature Academy (SNA) (New Hampshire)
Tabitha Lewis
Wea Ridge Middle School (Indiana)
Donnica Chavis
KIPP Affirm Middle School (New York)
Vernessa Minto
Teacher's Preparatory High School (New York)
Lynne Olmos
Mossyrock High School (Washington)
Bernadette Chiccino
2nd Nature Academy (SNA) (New Hampshire)
Cohort 5 (2023-2024)
Zoe Weems
Diamond Middle School (Massachusetts)
Meredith McLaughlin
UW Lab School (Wyoming)
Bill Hollaway
Glencliff High School (Tennessee)
Gabrielle Archambault
Ipswich High School (Massachusetts)
Nicole Murphy
Concord High School (New Hampshire)
Dr. Andrea-Bernadette Pratt
Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School (Hawaii)
Dr. Marissa Winmill
Kent-Meridian High School (Washington)
Rebecca Rupnick
Rhodes School (Illinois)
Jacqlyn Feldmann
Lynn Classical High School (Massachusetts)
Kelly Mansfield
Fitchburg High School (Massachusetts)
Laura Jeanne Penrod
Southwest Career and Technical Academy (Nevada)
Cohort 4 (2022-2023)
Sydney Chaffee
Codman Academy Charter Public School (Massachusetts)
Bridget Brown
Greendale Middle School (Wisconsin)
Diana Iwaszkiewicz Carson
Auburn Middle School (Maine)
Erin Quintero
Irondequoit High School (New York)
Amanda Ladish
George Junior High School (Arkansas)
Jacqueline Lovelace
Taipei American School (Taiwan)
Shari Wejsa
High Point Regional High School (New Jersey)
Mary DiLuna
Woburn Memorial High School (Massachusetts)
Lizzy Peters
Pressman Academy (California)
Nicholas Ellis
Concord High School (New Hampshire)
Cynthia Dougherty Bernal
JW Nixon High School (Texas)
Eric Alvarez
Glenn L. Downs Social Sciences Academy (Arizona)
Cohort 3 (2021-2022)
Shannon Janovitz
Burlington High School (Massachusetts)
Stacey Dallas Johnston
Mission High School (Nevada)
Henry Moon
Weston High School (Massachusetts)
Laura Hayes
Housatonic Valley Waldorf School (Connecticut)
Kory Loyola
High Point Regional High School (New Jersey)
Dr. Deirdre Doughty
Colorado River Collegiate Academy (Texas)
Eddie Dowe
Granby High School (Virginia)
Sarah Downing
Keene High School (New Hampshire)
Shayla Ewing
Pekin Community High School (Illinois)
Terrell Gilkey
The Queen City Academy Charter School (New Jersey)
Jeni Lannen
Sweet Grass County High School (Montana)
Kate Martin
Harrisburg South Middle School (South Dakota)
Marc Turner
Spring Hill High School (South Carolina)
Andrea Monique Peña Harris
Bridges High School (Colorado)
Meagan C. Frazier
Taipei American School (Taiwan)
Cohort 2 (2020-2021)
Meredith O'Brien
Mount Alvernia High School (Massachusetts)
Fernando Lopez
San Fernando High School Magnet (California)
Florence Scott
Hawaii Technology Academy (Hawaii)
Ilana Ascher
Chelsea High School (Massachusetts)
Colleen Simon
Solomon Schechter Day School (Connecticut)
Michelle Webster
Facing History New Tech High School (Ohio)
Sarah Davis
Resurgence Hall Charter School (Georgia)
Jessica DellAquila
Jeremiah E. Burke High School (Massachusetts)
Heidi Crumrine
Concord High School (New Hampshire)
Brittany Clark-Slaughter
Salem High School (Virginia)
Donna L. Shrum
Central High School (Virginia)
Kyla Ward
LEAD Innovation Studio (Missouri)
Reem Shuaib
Islah Academy (California)
Erin McCarthy
Greendale Middle School (Wisconsin)
Mia Pardo
Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy (California)
Dr. Amy Hewett-Olatunde
Humboldt High School (Minnesota)
Cohort 1 (2019-2020)
Bailey Field
Personal Project Based Learning Pathway connected to Santa Monica High School (California)
Amy Lloyd
Juneau Douglas High School (Alaska)
Carol Pelletier
Sarasota Military Academy (Florida)
Naomi Goldberg
Sun Valley Community School (Idaho)
Leah Juelke
Fargo South High (North Dakota)
Lisa Farese
Robert Adams Middle School (Massachusetts)
Samantha Barratt
Energy Tech High School (New York)
Sarah Casimiro
North Quincy High School (Massachusetts)
Maggie O'Connor
Glenbard West High School (Illinois)
Eric Coval
Maine East High School (Illinois)
Todd Brown
Sarasota Military Academy (Florida)