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.

The We Are America Project is in classrooms all across the country and beyond.

Cohort 6 (2024-2025)

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Chayanee Brooks

Ka'u High and Pahala Elementary School (Hawaii)

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Kaitlin Quinn-Stearns

2nd Nature Academy (SNA) (New Hampshire)

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Renee Jones

Lincoln High School (Nebraska)

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Stephanie King

Granger High School (Washington)

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Lurline Keopanya

Renton High School (Washington)

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Tabitha Lewis

Wea Ridge Middle School (Indiana)

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Donnica Chavis

KIPP Affirm Middle School (New York)

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Lynne Olmos

Mossyrock High School (Washington)

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Briana Morales

Gordon Bush Alternative Center (Illinois)

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Julia Jane Winslow

Providence Hall Junior High (Utah)

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Khalil Roy, MS

Louisiana School for the Agriculture Science (LaSAS) (Louisiana)

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Bernadette Chiccino

2nd Nature Academy (SNA) (New Hampshire)

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Vernessa Minto

Teacher's Preparatory High School (New York)

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Colleen Guerrero

Othello High School (Washington)

Cohort 5 (2023-2024)

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Laura Jeanne Penrod

Southwest Career and Technical Academy (Nevada)

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Zoe Weems

Diamond Middle School (Massachusetts)

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Bill Hollaway

Glencliff High School (Tennessee)

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Gabrielle Archambault

Ipswich High School (Massachusetts)

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Nicole Murphy

Concord High School (New Hampshire)

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Dr. Marissa Winmill

Kent-Meridian High School (Washington)

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Rebecca Rupnick

Rhodes School (Illinois)

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Jacqlyn Feldmann

Lynn Classical High School (Massachusetts)

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Meredith McLaughlin

UW Lab School (Wyoming)

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Kelly Mansfield

Fitchburg High School (Massachusetts)

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Dr. Andrea-Bernadette Pratt

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School (Hawaii)

Cohort 4 (2022-2023)

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Eric Alvarez

Glenn L. Downs Social Sciences Academy (Arizona)

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Erin Quintero

Irondequoit High School (New York)

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Sydney Chaffee

Codman Academy Charter Public School (Massachusetts)

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Bridget Brown

Greendale Middle School (Wisconsin)

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Diana Iwaszkiewicz Carson

Auburn Middle School (Maine)

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Amanda Ladish

George Junior High School (Arkansas)

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Shari Wejsa

High Point Regional High School (New Jersey)

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Jacqueline Lovelace

Taipei American School (Taiwan)

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Mary DiLuna

Woburn Memorial High School (Massachusetts)

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Lizzy Peters

Pressman Academy (California)

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Nicholas Ellis

Concord High School (New Hampshire)

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Cynthia Dougherty Bernal

JW Nixon High School (Texas)

Cohort 3 (2021-2022)

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Meagan C. Frazier

Taipei American School (Taiwan)

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Kory Loyola

High Point Regional High School (New Jersey)

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Stacey Dallas Johnston

Mission High School (Nevada)

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Henry Moon

Weston High School (Massachusetts)

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Laura Hayes

Housatonic Valley Waldorf School (Connecticut)

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Shayla Ewing

Pekin Community High School (Illinois)

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Jeni Lannen

Sweet Grass County High School (Montana)

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Kate Martin

Harrisburg South Middle School (South Dakota)

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Marc Turner

Spring Hill High School (South Carolina)

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Dr. Deirdre Doughty

Colorado River Collegiate Academy (Texas)

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Eddie Dowe

Granby High School (Virginia)

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Shannon Janovitz

Burlington High School (Massachusetts)

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Sarah Downing

Keene High School (New Hampshire)

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Andrea Monique Peña Harris

Bridges High School (Colorado)

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Terrell Gilkey

The Queen City Academy Charter School (New Jersey)

Cohort 2 (2020-2021)

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Reem Shuaib

Islah Academy (California)

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Erin McCarthy

Greendale Middle School (Wisconsin)

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Mia Pardo

Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy (California)

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Dr. Amy Hewett-Olatunde

Humboldt High School (Minnesota)

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Meredith O'Brien

Mount Alvernia High School (Massachusetts)

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Fernando Lopez

San Fernando High School Magnet (California)

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Florence Scott

Hawaii Technology Academy (Hawaii)

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Ilana Ascher

Chelsea High School (Massachusetts)

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Michelle Webster

Facing History New Tech High School (Ohio)

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Sarah Davis

Resurgence Hall Charter School (Georgia)

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Jessica DellAquila

Jeremiah E. Burke High School (Massachusetts)

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Heidi Crumrine

Concord High School (New Hampshire)

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Colleen Simon

Solomon Schechter Day School (Connecticut)

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Brittany Clark-Slaughter

Salem High School (Virginia)

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Donna L. Shrum

Central High School (Virginia)

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Kyla Ward

LEAD Innovation Studio (Missouri)

Cohort 1 (2019-2020)

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Eric Coval

Maine East High School (Illinois)

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Bailey Field

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

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Amy Lloyd

Juneau Douglas High School (Alaska)

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Leah Juelke

Fargo South High (North Dakota)

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Lisa Farese

Robert Adams Middle School (Massachusetts)

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Samantha Barratt

Energy Tech High School (New York)

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Carol Pelletier

Sarasota Military Academy (Florida)

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Todd Brown

Sarasota Military Academy (Florida)

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Naomi Goldberg

Sun Valley Community School (Idaho)

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Sarah Casimiro

North Quincy High School (Massachusetts)

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Maggie O'Connor

Glenbard West High School (Illinois)