Teachers

Learn more about our teacher fellows from schools across the country and beyond. If you're interested in applying to be a fellow and to bring the We Are America Project to your classroom, please contact us.

Cohort 5 (2023-2024)

Lesego Butindaro

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School (Hawaii)

Andrea-Bernadette Pratt

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School (Hawaii)

Nicole Murphy

Concord High School (New Hampshire)

Zoe Weems

Diamond Middle School (Massachusetts)

Rebecca Rupnick

Rhodes School (Illinois)

Kelly Mansfield

Fitchburg High School (Massachusetts)

Gabrielle Archambault

Ipswich High School (Massachusetts)

Jacqlyn Feldmann

Lynn Classical High School (Massachusetts)

Bill Hollaway

Glencliff High School (Tennessee)

Sarah Said

Dream Academy High School (Illinois)

Lori Marenda

Salem High School (Massachusetts)

Kerri Furtado

John J. Doran (Massachusetts)

Meredith McLaughlin

UW Lab School (Wyoming)

Dr. Marissa Winmill

Kent-Meridian High School (Washington)

Makani Uperesa

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School (Hawaii)

Laura Jeanne Penrod

Southwest Career and Technical Academy (Nevada)

Cohort 4 (2022-2023)

Diana Iwaszkiewicz Carson

Auburn Middle School (Maine)

Amanda Ladish

George Junior High School (Arkansas)

Erin Quintero

Irondequoit High School (New York)

Sydney Chaffee

Codman Academy Charter Public School (Massachusetts)

Cynthia Dougherty Bernal

JW Nixon High School (Texas)

Lizzy Peters

Pressman Academy (California)

Mary DiLuna

Woburn Memorial High School (Massachusetts)

Shari Wejsa

High Point Regional High School (New Jersey)

Jacqueline Lovelace

Taipei American School (Taiwan)

Bridget Brown

Greendale Middle School (Wisconsin)

Nicholas Ellis

Concord High School (New Hampshire)

Eric Alvarez

Glenn L. Downs Social Sciences Academy (Arizona)

Cohort 3 (2021-2022)

Dr. Deirdre Doughty

Colorado River Collegiate Academy (Texas)

Shayla Ewing

Pekin Community High School (Illinois)

Shannon Janovitz

Burlington High School (Massachusetts)

Marc Turner

Spring Hill High School (South Carolina)

Andrea Monique Peña Harris

Bridges High School (Colorado)

Kate Martin

Harrisburg South Middle School (South Dakota)

Laura Hayes

Housatonic Valley Waldorf School (Connecticut)

Henry Moon

Weston High School (Massachusetts)

Stacey Dallas Johnston

Mission High School (Nevada)

Meagan C. Frazier

Taipei American School (Taiwan)

Sarah Downing

Keene High School (New Hampshire)

Jeni Lannen

Sweet Grass County High School (Montana)

Kory Loyola

High Point Regional High School (New Jersey)

Terrell Gilkey

The Queen City Academy Charter School (New Jersey)

Eddie Dowe

Granby High School (Virginia)

Cohort 2 (2020-2021)

Mia Pardo

Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy (California)

Reem Shuaib

Islah Academy (California)

Fernando Lopez

San Fernando High School Magnet (California)

Colleen Simon

Solomon Schechter Day School (Connecticut)

Sarah Davis

Resurgence Hall Charter School (Georgia)

Florence Scott

Hawaii Technology Academy (Hawaii)

Jessica DellAquila

Jeremiah E. Burke High School (Massachusetts)

Meredith O'Brien

Mount Alvernia High School (Massachusetts)

Ilana Ascher

Chelsea High School (Massachusetts)

Kyla Ward

LEAD Innovation Studio (Missouri)

Heidi Crumrine

Concord High School (New Hampshire)

Michelle Webster

Facing History New Tech High School (Ohio)

Donna L. Shrum

Central High School (Virginia)

Brittany Clark-Slaughter

Salem High School (Virginia)

Erin McCarthy

Greendale Middle School (Wisconsin)

Dr. Amy Hewett-Olatunde

Humboldt High School (Minnesota)

Cohort 1 (2019-2020)

Amy Lloyd

Juneau Douglas High School (Alaska)

Bailey Field

Personal Project Based Learning Pathway connected to Santa Monica High School (California)

Todd Brown

Sarasota Military Academy (Florida)

Carol Pelletier

Sarasota Military Academy (Florida)

Naomi Goldberg

Sun Valley Community School (Idaho)

Maggie O'Connor

Glenbard West High School (Illinois)

Eric Coval

Maine East High School (Illinois)

Samantha Barratt

Energy Tech High School (New York)

Leah Juelke

Fargo South High (North Dakota)

Lisa Farese

Robert Adams Middle School (Massachusetts)

Sarah Casimiro

North Quincy High School (Massachusetts)