Educator Leadership Council

Francie Salle teaches at Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo. She has been a high school social studies teacher since 1995. Francie began her career at a boarding school but has been in a public school setting since 2000. In addition to teaching regular courses, Francie is a member of the Communications Academy (ComAcad) at Archie Williams. In this multidisciplinary, two-year academy, students create both documentary and narrative films. She values keeping her curriculum current and always strives to connect history with students’ lives. She strives to build student empathy through sharing stories of oppressed groups throughout history. 

Haydee Rodriguez, a National Board Certified teacher, is a veteran educator and policymaker who began teaching in 1998 after a career in corporate recruiting. She worked as a Drug and Alcohol Prevention Specialist with Girls Inc. and volunteered with Literacy Volunteers of America, designing bilingual literacy programs. Since 2005, Haydee has taught at Central Union High School in Imperial County, specializing in AP Spanish, World History, and Journalism. She holds degrees from San Diego State and Stanford University. Haydee’s leadership extends to serving on the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. She has been recognized with the Stanford GSE Alumni of Distinction Award, selected as California’s 2021 Peace Teacher by the United States Institute of Peace, and is a Narrative 4 Fellow. Her career is marked by a dedication to students and advocacy for marginalized communities. 

Claudia Leiva has been an adjunct faculty member at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) since 1999, where she has dedicated over two decades to teaching a wide range of courses in remedial reading and writing, as well as high school equivalency preparation. She has been particularly passionate about working with adult learners seeking to earn their GED and improve their literacy skills. Throughout her tenure at SRJC, Claudia has collaborated with programs across campus, teaching courses in settings that serve marginalized communities in their educational pursuits. She has worked closely with the High School Equivalency Program (HEP), supporting migratory and seasonal farmworkers and the Rising Scholars Program for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students. Claudia is also actively involved in community education initiatives. Through her work at SRJC and her community-focused efforts, Claudia remains a staunch advocate for lifelong learning, committed to making education accessible and impactful for all students. 

Tsvi Josephs is currently the Dean of Students at the Oakland Hebrew Day School. Tsvi completed his BA at Portland State University and earned his master’s degree in Jewish education from the Pardes Institute and Hebrew College in Jerusalem.  In addition to overseeing the spiritual and relational learning pedagogy at OHDS for students, faculty, and parents, Tsvi also teaches middle school Judaic Studies, which includes courses in the Bible, Rabbinic Literature, and Jewish History.   

Eric D. Crowell is an accomplished educator currently teaching at La Mirada High School. He specializes in U.S. History and AP African American Studies and coordinates the Student Election Poll Worker Program. His innovative teaching strategies, including the use of AI Instructional Tools and standards-based instruction, have earned him recognition as a National Society of High School Scholars Educator of Distinction. Eric is committed to community involvement and student achievement. 

Born and raised in the outskirts of Mexico City, Crista Camacho immigrated to the US in the 1980s in search of a better life and future. Aware of the injustices of the world from a young age, Crista was motivated to focus her career where she could make a difference: the classroom. As a teacher, she has incorporated Holocaust Education and curriculum into her high school classes for the past two decades. Being both an avid reader and a life-long learner, Crista has also completed multiple master’s degrees during her teaching career. To further foster her innate need to learn and understand, she travels and familiarizes herself with the history and locals of the places she visits. She is an advocate for Holocaust awareness, tolerance and social justice. 

LaMonica Smith Bryson is a veteran educator with 26 years of experience teaching English Language Arts. Known for her commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity, she strives to uplift silenced voices through literature, discussion, and research. Currently enrolled in the UCLA CenterX Ethnic Studies Specialization for K–12 educators, she focuses on helping students develop a deeper understanding of social justice, social responsibility, and social change

Michele started her career as a middle school educator in the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1994. She was a 2017 LAUSD Teacher of the Year as well as a 2017 Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year. She currently teaches Advanced Honors English for the Humanities grades 7-8 and English Language Development courses. Michele is passionate about enabling students to recognize and respond to language and actions that fall into one or more of the stages of genocide as a means of ensuring they understand the importance of civic engagement and develop a willingness to work to construct a freer, more just future for all. She has been a member of the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education since 2023. 

Stacey Saady has been a teacher for over 20 years and currently teaches high school at Ark Independent Studies in Santa Cruz, California. She has a Masters in Literature with an emphasis on war trauma and for the past 5 years she’s been developing Holocaust and genocide studies curriculum. She has attended extensive professional development through the California Teachers Collaborative with Facing History, the Museum of Tolerance, Echoes & Reflections, ADL, and the USC Shoah Foundation. This summer she will attend Yad Vashem’s 11th International Conference for Educators: Holocaust Education in a Global Context and the 2024 Echoes & Reflections Educational Journey Through Poland with Yad Vashem.

As Sara White was working to obtain her teaching certificate, she wanted to make sure that she was aiming to be the type of inspiring teacher she grew up with. Fast forward 9 years, Sara White has been continually making history come alive for students at North Salinas High School. She regularly invites in guest speakers to talk with her students about their lived history. Through experiencing first-hand accounts of different roles and experiences, including WWII veterans, Holocaust survivors, and the former head of the CIA, Sara’s students personally connect with events of the past. Her goal as an educator is to make sure that her students know history and how never to repeat the same mistakes. A lifelong learner and avid conference goer, Sara feels it is important to keep learning new ways to teach history to her students.

Ingrid Tuchband has been working in education since 1995. As an English/Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Miller Creek Middle School, Ingrid has been teaching sixth graders for eleven years. After attending the California Teachers Collaborative Summer Institute last year, she became a member of the Educator Leadership Council. Through the ELC, she was able to gain valuable insights and resources to share with her school colleagues and make a lasting impact on her school community. She looks forward to continuing to learn from and collaborate with colleagues on the council. 

Dr. Andrea Struve has been working in education for 10 years. In 2013, she became the first Manovill University Fellow at the JFCS Holocaust Center, learning how to be a genocide scholar and educator. Following, she continued teaching and learning as both a student and educator in the classroom, earning her MA in Teaching and EdD in International and Multicultural Education with an emphasis in Human Rights Education, and being a high school history and research teacher in the Northern California public schools. She continued her relationship with the JFCS Holocaust Center, returning in 2021 as the Director of Education. In her role, she established the Educator Leadership Council, led the cross organizational team that created the Incident Response Guide for Antisemitism for Bay Area Administrators, and helped to launch the CA Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education. Andrea is returning to the classroom in 2024 to be in direct service to students, and looks forward to continuing her relationship with JFCS Holocaust Center as a member of the Educator Leadership Council.

Pete Schlieker has been a life-long learner, having taught himself to read in kindergarten. After high school graduation, Pete went to college in Walnut, California to get an AA degree in Political Science. Pete opted to change his major to a FIRE degree (Finance, Insurance and Real Estate). He left school to get married and raise three kids before returning back to school. While working in the cable industry as a General Manager, Pete worked with the Mammoth Unified School District superintendent on a cable industry sponsored program, Cable in the Classroom. The superintendent suggested that Pete  become a teacher. Pete went back and got his teaching credential and has been teaching for 24 years at Big Pine High School. His interest has always been history. Pete exposes his students to multiple perspectives in history and encourages them to use critical thinking to build a deep understanding of historical issues in order to prevent history from being repeated in the future. His work with genocide studies and experiential education was recently featured in an article through The J.  

Lillian McFarland is in her 18th year of teaching. She aims to enlighten today’s youth about the past, even when the past might be difficult to learn about. She is passionate about Holocaust and genocide education and incorporates these topics throughout her classes. For the past ten years, she has been teaching at a small, rural high school on the coast of Mendocino County where she is the Student Services Coordinator and oversees special programs at the high school. She also teaches World History, AP Human Geography, and Drama. 

Dr. Kintay Johnson is the Director of Student Equity and the Multicultural & Equity Center (MEC) at College of the Redwoods (CR) in Eureka, CA. He graduated from College of the Redwoods in 2005 and Humboldt State University in 2008. Dr. Johnson received his MA in Education in 2013 and his PhD in Higher Education Leadership in 2019. He has 20 years of progressive experience working in education. He strongly advocates for creating community on campus, a home away from home for students, a safe place for cultural expression, cross-cultural learning, access to college and dignity resources, and social justice work opportunities. Dr. Johnson is involved in his community as a youth mentor, President of the Eureka Branch #1036 of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and a board member for several nonprofits.

Joe Gonzales has worked in the Oceanside School District for over 29 years. He began his career working with students who were up for expulsion from the district, keeping his students current in their courses and mentoring them to go before the School Board of Education to explain why they should be allowed to stay and continue their education. He now teaches at El Camino High School. He has taught Psychology, U.S. History, Economics, and U.S. Government for the last 11 years. Joe has an Ethnic Studies teaching certificate from the University of Riverside and helped create the Ethnic Studies curriculum for his district where he taught its first two classes.  Currently he teaches three ethnic studies classes as OUSD works to implement ethnic studies as a state graduation requirement. Joe is proud to have been a part of El Camino High’s Veterans Celebration for the past 15 years, one of the longest-running Veterans Celebration programs in California. 

Brian Edwards has been a passionate educator since 2001, and has served in several educational settings, from public schools in suburban communities, to charter schools in the inner city. His extensive background with the French language led him to his current post as a faculty member and administrator at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles. Brian holds a degree in African American Studies from California State University, Northridge, a certificate in French Language and Phonetics from Sorbonne Université in Paris, and a master’s degree in teaching from the University of Southern California. He teaches a wide range of courses, such as medieval history, U.S. History, World History, and AP African American Studies. 

Patrick Davarhanian is a social science teacher and induction mentor committed to the narrowing of the achievement gap by promoting an atmosphere of acceptance, equity, and accessibility. Born and raised in Glendale, Patrick has worked in the field of education for more than a decade. He attended Cal State University, Northridge, where he received his BA, teaching credentials and two Masters of Education degrees in both elementary and secondary education. After graduating, he returned to his local high school and is currently a social science teacher and the department chair at Clark Magnet. Through his work as an educator and volunteer, Patrick has learned how to best advocate for his students while supporting his colleagues. 

Jody Cooperman has been working as an educator since 2001. She was originally a social worker for Alta California Regional Center with a specialty in serving Deaf individuals before becoming a teacher. Her true love is teaching English and U.S. history to middle school students, specifically 8th graders who are preparing for high school.  The culminating event for her students is a living history field trip to Boston, Massachusetts where the making of America happened.  Students also visit the Holocaust memorial in Boston where they each lay stones as a final component of their Holocaust study. Jody volunteers as a fellow for the Central Valley Holocaust Educators’ Network (CVHEN) where she provides workshops and helps to plan events for Kristallnacht, Yom Hashoah and other community learning opportunities. Teaching students and teachers about the Holocaust has been her mission and something she will continue in her upcoming retirement.

Michael Sepidoza Campos teaches at Convent & Stuart Hall, Schools of the Sacred Heart San Francisco. At Convent & Stuart Hall, Michael teaches a course on ethics where he guides his students to explore the correlation between personhood and citizenship as they interrogate exclusionary conditions. Because of their direct bearing on members of his learning community, the focus is on the Holocaust and Japanese American internment.  His work in the classroom both informs and is shaped by his research at the intersection of Filipino American diaspora, post-colonialism, queer theory, and critical pedagogy. In addition to high school teaching, Campos is an adjunct professor in the Theology and Religious Education Department of De La Salle University Manila. 

Hannah Wagner is a Humanities teacher at the Bay School of San Francisco. Originally trained in literature, she’s embraced an interdisciplinary approach to Humanities education since joining Bay in 2016. A few of her favorite topics for exploration include gender studies, religious studies, and speculative fiction, and she’s excited about any class that focuses on student writing and creative argumentation. Hannah’s previous teaching experience ranges from a small New England boarding school to Mt. Tamalpais College at San Quentin. As an educator, Hannah guides students to use any available “text”—from literature to media to fashion—to carefully and critically consider the world they inhabit.

Tosha Tillotson is currently within her 22nd year in education. She has taught social studies in grades 6-12 and was a principal of a K-8th grade school. Tosha currently serves as an Associate Superintendent for the Diocese of Sacramento. During those years in education, she has been actively engaged with various Holocaust organizations including serving as a fellow for USHMM, TOLI, and the Vladka Meed Teacher’s Resistance Group. She also served as the Director of Education for CVHEN for 5 years and was a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Regional Education Corps.

Christina Tang is a high school social studies teacher who has twelve years of experience in the classroom. She currently teaches at Galileo Academy of Science and Technology in San Francisco, and is passionate and dedicated to increasing awareness about the Holocaust and patterns of genocide in her classroom. Since Christina’s introduction to the Holocaust Center almost 10 years ago, she has been a champion for students in the center’s Next Chapter and Manovill programs, instrumental in the success of the Day of Learning, and foundational to increasing the center’s partnership with San Francisco Unified Schools.

DJ Shelton began teaching world history at Palo Alto High School in 2016 and has been coaching lacrosse there since 2014. With 6 years of classroom teaching under his belt, DJ has dedicated himself to revamping the Holocaust unit based around Facing History resources and developing a multi-tier writing program to ensure that all 9th graders are introduced to historical writing and beginner research. DJ is passionate about making sure all students are prepared to discuss and write about hard topics.

For the last 25 years, Frank Perez has been a member of the Social Science Department at San Benito High School in Hollister, CA. He currently teaches World History, Mexican-American history, and Ethnic Studies. With the help and support of his colleagues, Frank has developed and taught an entire unit on past and present genocides. One of his lessons, “Happening Now: The Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar, a Jigsaw Activity Using Stanton’s Ten Stages of Genocide,” is now featured in the recently published book, Teaching about Genocide: Advice and Suggestions from Professors, High School Teachers, and Staff Developers, Volume 3. In 2017, Frank was recognized for his work on teaching the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, receiving the Armenian Genocide Education Award from the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region and the Morris Weiss Award for Excellence in Holocaust education from the JFCS Holocaust Center.

Allison McManis is a transformative life coach, who serves as an instructional coach and professional development facilitator in the Envision Education network. She taught and worked as a vice-principal at City Arts and Tech High School in San Francisco for 6 years, during which time she taught World History and developed a year-long seminar on the Holocaust and Human Behavior. During her time in the classroom, Allison worked closely with JFCS to bring Holocaust survivors to the school and refer students to the Manovill Fellowship. Allison was a recipient of the Morris Weiss Award and traveled to Israel to study at Yad Vashem as a Tauber Fellow.

Jim McGarry has been a Holocaust educator since 1992, following his first training with the Holocaust Center of Northern California and Facing History and Ourselves. Jim has been fortunate to attend professional development at the USHMM, Yad Vashem, the USC Shoah Foundation, and POLIN (Museum of the History of Polish Jews) in Warsaw. He has brought a series of survivor speakers to speak in schools each year since 1995—most recently called “Courage and Spirit.” It is through this work Jim became inspired and founded The Helen and Joe Farkas Center for the Study of the Holocaust in Catholic Schools at Mercy High School, San Francisco in 2007. Through his work with the Farkas Center, in 2012, Jim went on the JFCS Holocaust Center trip with 24 college and high school students to Germany, Poland, and Israel, accompanying Helen Farkas, then 92.

Hilary Levine has been a teacher in Fresno Unified in Fresno, CA for the past 25 years. She taught elementary school and a Holocaust class at the high school level while simultaneously doing professional development for teachers throughout her tenure there. Hilary’s passion is Holocaust education and she has dedicated her life to it, deciding to take early retirement from the school district to get her Masters’ degree in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from Gratz College. At the end of 2021, she completed her degree and is looking forward to stepping into new roles as a Holocaust and Genocide educator.

Rabbi Michelle Greenberg has developed diverse educational programs ranging from service learning to ethics, advocacy training to genocide education. Michelle recently partnered with the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, Poland to develop a Holocaust exhibit, and her writing can be found in sermon collections, newspapers, and a textbook on critical thinking. Rabbi Greenberg served as a congregational rabbi and was the Dean of Students at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto. Michelle now teaches 6th-grade Humanities and serves as class dean at The Nueva School in Hillsborough, California. She holds a B.A. in History from the University of California, Santa Cruz, as well as rabbinic ordination and an M.A. in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion.

Melissa Vineyard taught humanities for eight years at a school for the gifted in the Bay Area and currently lives in Pasadena, teaching history and geography to high schoolers at an international boarding school. She earned her MLitt. at St. Andrews University in Scotland and her MA at UCLA – both in Medieval Studies. Mrs. Vineyard has participated in the JFCS Educators Council for two years and is thrilled to be invited to return. She especially appreciates the camaraderie and support provided by being on the council and participating in the Summer Institute. Originally from Northern California, Melissa is a proud Pacific-Northwesterner who prefers the rain to the sun, rocky beaches to sandy ones, and a walk among the redwoods to a stroll down Rodeo Drive. 

Jess Vaughn-Murphy has been teaching English and English Language Development since 2013. The focus of her teaching is helping students develop empathy for others as well as confidence in their own voice through reading and discussing diverse, relatable texts. Through her time as an educator, Jess has served as a teacher leader on a variety of professional learning teams, served as the English Learner Coordinator, coached softball, and has partnered with JFCS for 7 years to bring Holocaust survivor testimony to her classroom. Jess was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2019 for the San Lorenzo Unified School District and now works in Elk Grove Unified School District. 

Tracy Charlotte Teran has been in the field of education since 2008. She began her career teaching courses in art theory, art appreciation, and art history as a faculty member for Clovis Community College and California State University, Fresno. She transitioned to the secondary level in 2020 to have a greater impact as a mentor and bridge to higher education. Tracy currently works as a World History teacher and National History Day Club Coach at Dinuba High School in Tulare County. Never leaving the arts far behind, she also teaches a Reedley College Dual Enrollment section of Art Appreciation for freshmen. Her goal as an educator is to provide a safe and relevant learning environment for students to engage in inquiry, critical thinking, creativity, and dialogue. Tracy holds a BA in History/Art History from UCLA, an MA in Art, Emphasis Art History, from California State University, Long Beach, and a Teaching Credential from California State University, Fresno.

Nicole Solig has been an educator in the Los Angeles Unified School District since 2008. She currently teaches in the Social Studies Department at Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) this fall. Prior to LACES, Nicole worked at the Los Angeles School of Global Studies (LASGS) in downtown LA for 13 years, serving as lead teacher for 8 years, a member of the instructional leadership team, a member of the advisory board, and the College and Career Day chair. Nicole has also been a member of the Facing History and Ourselves Leadership Team for several years, mentor to aspiring teacher candidates, and the former co-site director of the Dominguez Hills International Studies Project. She has facilitated numerous professional development opportunities for teachers around equity in the classroom and teaching historical content, and she is very passionate about helping to build school communities that foster positive learning environments, where students feel supported, their needs are met, and where students from a variety of backgrounds can thrive.

DJ Shelton teaches World History and Psychology at Palo Alto High School and middle school at Temple Beth Am. With 7 years of classroom teaching under his belt, DJ has dedicated himself to revamping the Holocaust unit based around Facing History resources and developing a multi-tier writing program to ensure that all students are introduced to historical writing and beginner research. DJ is passionate about making sure students are prepared to discuss and write about hard topics.

Wendy Ordower has been the director of Service Learning at Milken Community School for 18 years. Currently, she orchestrates programming for students in grades 6 – 12. In her role, she strives to integrate service into the curriculum, aligning authentic service experiences with student interests. She is passionate about Holocaust and genocide education and has partnered with organizations like the Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles, the AJC and Italian Consulate for student programming surrounding International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Yom HaShoah commemoration.

Katie O’Connor has been teaching at Westmark School in Southern California since 2014. She currently teaches 11th grade U.S. History and 10th grade World History, and has experience teaching 10th grade English. Previously, Katie taught reading at Los Angeles Job Corps and was a private tutor. Katie has a BA in theater from Brown University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Southern California. She has been a member of the Facing History Leadership Team and is dedicated to using pedagogy that reaches all students in her classroom.

Born and raised in northern California, Stephanie McGraw has been teaching high school students at The Athenian School since 2001. Stephanie received her BA in English from UC Berkeley and her MA in History from Sonoma State University. Passionate about developing a project-based, interdisciplinary curriculum, Stephanie teaches a wide range of courses, such as U.S. History, Women’s Literature, and Understanding Elections. Her most popular course, The Holocaust, engages students in an in-depth, semester-long study of history surrounding the Holocaust. Besides focusing on the ramifications of stereotyping, prejudice and racism in society, the course helps students understand that it’s the responsibility of citizens in a democracy to learn to identify the danger signals of governmental abuses of power and to know when (and how) to react. Stephanie has taught at the JFCS Holocaust Center’s Day of Learning and was a Fellow in the Global Holocaust Educators’ Pilot Program. Additionally, her work was recognized by the Holocaust Center in 2019 when she was named as a recipient of the Morris Weiss Award for Outstanding Educators.

Phillip Lenberg is currently Music Director of the Ukiah Symphony Orchestra, and Professor of Music at Mendocino College. He has held previous teaching positions at San Francisco State University, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. An award-winning educator, Phillip has premiered many new works from emerging composers. His own music has been performed by ensembles including Da Capo Chamber Ensemble, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and the California Orchestra Directors Association. Phillip holds master’s and PhD degrees in orchestral conducting from the University of Nevada where he served as the Assistant Conductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Henderson Symphony Orchestra. Phillip pursued his bachelor’s degree in classical guitar and composition at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music and SUNY Stony Brook.   

Kayla Kissling is an educator in Marin County, CA. She currently teaches 8th-grade history at Mill Valley Middle School and also works as a tutor at Bridge the Gap College Prep. Educating for social justice is a main priority of her educational philosophy. She strives to teach the truth about history and open students’ eyes to multiple perspectives, particularly those that have often been silenced. She is proud to join the Holocaust Center’s Educator Leadership Council for a second year and continue to advocate for culturally responsive teaching and learning.

For the past 30 years, Suzy Kisch has taught mostly 7th grade Core, a blend of both History and Language Arts, and has always enjoyed seeing her students grow and learn in an academic and social setting. She is inspired by her students as she watches them discover joy in learning, become more adept at problem-solving and being resourceful, and connect past events with their world today. Suzy also acknowledges the importance of collaborating with others involved in education as a means to contributing to this process. Her dedication to teaching is perfectly summarized by Ellen Browning Scripps: “The paramount obligation of a college is to develop in its students the ability to think clearly and independently, and the ability to live confidently, courageously, and hopefully.” Suzy hopes every educator can live and teach with this wisdom in mind.

Mila Lopez has been an educator since 1998. She is passionate about bringing English Language Arts and theatre to Holocaust education, requiring her students to perform The Diary of Anne Frank, visit the Holocaust Museum LA, hear from a Holocaust survivor, and analyze primary sources each year. Mila feels that it is her calling to educate students to bring awareness to the atrocities committed during the Holocaust and stop it from being repeated, giving the students the resources they need to develop a deeper understanding and respect for all of humanity.

Hecth e ma, wigthin Donna Fernandez, a Elem buk. (Hello, I’m Donna Fernandez, a Pomo Native American from Elem Indian Colony in Clearlake Oaks, CA.) Donna is a National Board-Certified Teacher of Mathematics for Adolescents and Young Adults and has 19 years of experience as a secondary math teacher. She holds a Master of Education in Advanced Teaching and earned a double major, a BA in Mathematics, and a BA in Native American Studies, from the University of California, Davis. Currently, she serves as an instructor of Mathematics at Piner High School in Santa Rosa, CA and is a Co-Director of the Alliance of Indigenous Math Circles which promotes STEM activities for indigenous youth. 

Tracy Cooper Bryant has had nearly three decades of experience in the classroom incorporating anti-bias curriculum into her lessons, promoting good mental health, and teaching with an antiracist lens. She is proud of her 12 years of No Place For Hate work, which has incorporated Holocaust survivors, the Butterfly Project, the Rice Experience, and the Innocence Project. She has taken students to educational sites such as the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, CA, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN. She is currently an AP government and AP psychology teacher and serves on the Diversity Equity and Inclusion team at Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego and is the District Coordinator for Social Studies at San Dieguito Union High School District. Tracy continues to learn to be the best educational leader and student advocate possible.