1994 Fellow: Andrew Danilchick

Despite teaching for over ten years, Andrew Danilchick still finds his job exciting. This is no surprise since Andrew has always had a passion for helping youth.

1996 Fellow: Eileen Ng

"We calculate exactly how much time you need to drop a water balloon on your teacher's head.   Then we actually perform the experiment, so if their calculations are correct, they get us on the head!"

1997 Fellow: Thabiti Brown

By getting students out into the ‘real world' of theater, Thabiti hoped to engage students.

1997 Fellow: Brence Pernell

"My summer experience not only confirmed my desire to become a teacher, but it really brought to the forefront some of the issues concerning rural education that I'm interested in, such as over-crowdedness in the classroom and lack of resources." 

1997 Fellow: Coretta Doss

"I always knew from reading that there was more and education was a way to get that ‘more' that I learned about from reading," says Coretta.

1997 Fellow: Kim-Thoa Nguyen

Rebellion against one's parents is a common rite of passage for many youth.  But not for Kim-Thoa Nguyen, who credits her mother for having played "the most influential role in my decision to pursue a career in education." 

2003 Fellow: Danielle Alvarado

2005 Fellow: Sonia Wang

"I had an incredible teacher who helped me deal with the social difficulties as well as the academic challenges," Sonia says.

2007 Fellow Vernon Riley Inspired to Teach

"I realized very quickly that education is a cumulative process. If you miss one brick in the building of your academic structure, the structure will fail. I decided I wanted to help young people fill in the bricks that other teachers and society have neglected to give them."

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