Previous Fellows

We would not be able to continue our efforts for teacher diversity advocacy without these past fellows. Click on each square to learn more about them!

Gayon

I am a multiple-subject candidate. I come from Jeju Island in South Korea. In my free time, I enjoy swimming in the ocean. Before attending UCI, I graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut with a BA in Cultural Anthropology.

Jacqueline

I am a Single-Subject Candidate. I graduated from UCR with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics for Teachers of Secondary School. My goal is to become a high school math teacher and to serve the underserved communities of Los Angeles County. 

Jessica

I am a multiple-subject candidate at UCI. I graduated from CSUF with a double major in Child and Adolescent Development and Women and Gender Studies. I am passionate about educational freedom and educational policy. My goal is to become a voice for students and advocate for my students needs. "I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions - a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom."- Bell Hooks

Terry

I am a Single-Subject Candidate on track to becoming a highschool art teacher. I graduated from BYU with my BFA in 3D arts emphasis in ceramics. I want to change the stigma that art in school is just a "slack off" class by pushing my fellow artist in truly expressing themselves. "The arts challenge us with different points of view, compel us to empathize with “others,” and give us the opportunity to reflect on the human condition." 

Fatima

I am a Multiple-Subject Candidate. I graduated from UCR in 2020 with a Bachelors in Education, Society, and Human Development. I hope to become an elementary school teacher that implements the anti-racist and inclusive principles UCI upholds. 

LaTiara

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I am a Single Subject candidate with a focus on becoming a High School Art Teacher. I graduated from UCI, Class of 2019 with Bachelors in Fine Arts, Education, and Sociology.

 I aspire to help students and help build a community  that focuses on what the students want to become and create pathways for them to achieve there best self.

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Maria

 I am a Multiple Subject Candidate. I graduated from CSULA with a Bachelor of Arts in Child Development. My goal is to become a bilingual elementary school teacher and to serve underrepresented communities like the one I grew up in.

Taylor

I am a single subject candidate. I have graduated from the Univeristy of Baltimore with a Bachelors in History. I hope to become a high school social studies teacher.

Itzel L. Garcia Roman

I am a multiple subject  candidate. I have graduated from UCI in 2020. I double majored in Education Sciences and Spanish with a minor in Bilingual Education. I hope to become an elementary bilingual teacher.

Tae Im Kang

I am a single subject candidate. I have graduated from UCI in 2019 with a Bachelors in Fine Arts. I hope to become a high school drawing/painting teacher. 


      


“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” 

                                                                – Maya Angelou