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Donnalie Jamnah is a Senior Education Program Manager for the Pulitzer Center’s education team. They manage several programs including the AI Teacher Advisory Council and Pulitzer Center's 1619...

Linda Villarosa is a journalist, author, editor, novelist and educator. She is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where she covers race, inequality and health. Most recently she...

Marni Lennon is the assistant dean for public interest and pro bono and a lecturer of law. She is the founder and director of the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center, and has worked and taught at the...

Ariana Aboulafia is an attorney who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law with a concentration in social justice and public interest in 2020. She has a bachelor’s in...

Michael Walker is a third-year law student at Howard University. A Philadelphia native, Walker is an avid Philly sports fan. During his time at Howard, he has served as a member of the Howard Law...

Emely Sanchez is a third-year student at the University of Miami School of Law, where she continues to develop her passion for public health law and policy. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she...

Asena Tui’one, raised by two immigrant parents from the island of Tonga, identified education as her ticket to success early in life. Her experiences as a first-generation college graduate inspired...

Maddie Seales is a May 2020 graduate of the University of Miami School of Law. At Miami Law, Seales co-founded the Alternative Legal Theories Reading Group and served as a senator in the Student Bar...

Dana Thompson is a veteran editor in digital and print media. Before coming to the Pulitzer Center, she worked as a copy editor at the (Lexington, Kentucky) Herald-Leader, The Atlanta Journal...

Christina Sneed is entering her ninth year in the classroom, has enjoyed two years of instructional coaching, and is currently transitioning into a new position as her St. Louis district's ELA/SS...

Amelia Blakely started in journalism in 2017 as a reporter for the Daily Egyptian at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. In 2018, she became the news editor for the DE before starting at WSIU...

Sushmita Jaya Mukherjee is a Chicago-based manager for the education team at the Pulitzer Center. In her previous job, she managed creative writing programs for Chicago Public School students...