Category: Programs
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Elana Feinberg
Elana has 25 years of experience in education, nonprofits, social enterprise, and technology. She has worked with district and charter schools, educational technology companies, and other social enterprise and educational organizations. Her consulting practice focuses on designing and redesigning schools to be innovative, and more equitable, in order to prepare all students to succeed in
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Colin Loftus
Hi there, I’m Colin! I was born and raised on Cape Cod and grew up in a large family, watching my parents juggle jobs in social services and childcare while raising us and staying involved in our church. The value of community was brought to my living room. I’ve been fortunate to have a supportive
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Whitney Sanchez
Born in New York, NY, to Portuguese, Brazilian, and Dominican parents, I grew up in Queens, NY and later in Providence and Pawtucket, RI. Raised by my single mother, I experienced the challenges of life on welfare and the instability of frequent moves. These early experiences instilled in me the courage to explore and travel,
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Simon Green
My work is informed by my Catholic upbringing, in which I was lucky enough to learn about Catholic Social Teaching, Liberation Theology, and the Catholic Workers Movement. My time in the church also taught me about the immense difficulty of changing institutions that were built to oppress, a lesson that was further reinforced by my
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Asha Kuziwa
I’m a long time community organizer whose work is informed by my experiences as a nonbinary, biracial, queer human being existing in a world of constructed binaries and systems. I came to GenUnity after working at Fenway Health as a PrEP Navigator where I helped people who inject drugs access and stay on PrEP medication.
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Le Tran
I was born and raised in Worcester, MA to Vietnamese refugee parents. My family has always been hyper-focused on the nuclear family, stemming from years of generational trauma and mistrust as they navigated their new life in the United States. Despite their efforts to instill that in me, I have always been a talker, maybe
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Leo Balik
My approach to social justice work, inside and outside of the nonprofit sector, is informed by the principles of collective liberation — the recognition that my freedom is dependent on the freedom of all beings (human and beyond-human). My introduction to the climate justice movement as an undergraduate student at Clark University supported me in
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Zach Zimmermann
Zach Zimmermann is a DKP Implementation Lead. He brings both classroom experience and system-level perspective to his work with the DKP. He taught 8th Grade Civics in Boston Public Schools for just under a decade and has collaborated with the Democratic Knowledge Project since 2018. In that capacity, he piloted the DKP’s “Civic Engagement in
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Natalie Sew
Natalie Sew is an Implementation Lead with the DKP Launch curriculum support program within the Civics and History Inquiry Partnership for the 8th grade civics curriculum, Civic Engagement in Our Democracy. In that role, she provides on-the-ground, context specific support for schools in Massachusetts and designs and offers professional learning for implementing educators. Prior to working
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Molly Dunne
Molly Dunne is an educational leader with over 20 years of experience driving curriculum innovation, coaching teachers, and building inclusive learning environments. She is a Curriculum Implementation Lead for IH Magnify where she will be supporting teachers and leaders who are using the Investigating History curriculum. Prior to joining IH Magnify, she was Social Studies