Our Team

  • Padma Gargeya

    Executive Director

  • Brittany Dawson

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Melissa Cripps

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Wendy Chiu

    Co-Director High School Mentoring

  • Barbara Wang

    Co-Director High School Mentoring
    Co-Director College Mentoring

  • Jessica Hall

    Co-Director High School Mentoring

    Director of Scholarship

  • Arturo Cuevas

    High School Program Manager

  • Sean Loosli

    High School Program Manager

  • Yip Fong Chia

    Co-Director College Mentoring

  • Janet Parent

    Co-Director College Mentoring

  • Miriam Rodriguez

    Director of Impact and Engagement

  • Jennifer Pence

    Director of Career Launch

  • Stella Kister

    Lead Mentor

  • Emma Jacobsen Weber

    Finance Committee

  • September Higham

    Director of Development

  • Erin Gracyalny

    Director of Metrics

  • Emily Schannep

    Lead Mentor

  • Amy Schwartz

    Director of Special Projects

Board of Directors

  • Tracy Young

    Co-Founder and Board Chair

  • Melinda Dibb

    Melinda Dibb

    Co-Founder

  • Pedro Canahuati

  • Ethan Choi

  • Greg Dibb

  • Harry Lopez

  • Teresa Marquez

    Associate Superintendent of Educational Services, East Side Union School District

  • Jennifer Pence

  • Daniel Young

  • Mikila Duke

Interns

  • Eliquetzal Gutierrez

  • Alyssa Yih

  • Owen Quindipan

  • Pate Jessop

  • Emily Parent

  • Brady Redelman

  • Tobias Oyaniran

  • Eduardo Mata

  • Ellena Segrera

  • Juliet McPhie