DESCRIPTION: Teach For America – San Diego launched in 2013 with 3 staff members, 13 corps members, 8 school/district partners, and 5 funding partners. In three years, as a member of the three-person launch team, I helped our region grow to eight staff members, a 50-member corps, 17 school/district partners, and over 30 funding partners. I headed our school/district partnerships, expanded our development and fundraising efforts, managed our relationships with alumni, and played a key role in regional vision and strategy in collaboration with our board of directors. Throughout my 3+ years on staff, TFA-SD consistently maintained a top five region for corps member and alumni culture out of TFA’s 52 regions across the country.

MY ROLE(S): Operations specialist, manager of growth and development, manager of alumni relations, head of school, district, and community partnerships, graphic designer

OUTCOMES (highlights):

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• Expanded from 8 to 17 school/district partners

• Consistently top five region for corps member and alumni culture

• Unanimous board approval for contracts with San Diego Unified School District and Vista Unified School District

• Increased corporate funding by 600%

• Over three-thousand students served

• The region supported three school-voted teachers of the year

• Startup region to lasting San Diego institution