Meet the GYO Collective

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MARGARITA BIANCO

Associate Professor, CU Denver & Pathways2Teaching Founder
Margarita.Bianco@ucdenver.edu 

ROBIN BRANDEHOFF

Co-Lead & Assistant Clinical Professor, CU Denver
robin.brandehoff@ucdenver.edu

TIFFANY CAIN

Senior Policy Analyst
National Educational Association
TCain@nea.org

D. A. DABNER
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Oakland Unified School District 
darien@mydatause.com

CHRISTOPHER B. KNAUS

Professor, School of Education University of Washington Tacoma 
educate@uw.edu

DR. JENNA C. MARTIN
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Dean of Instruction, Denver Center for International Studies 6-12 Denver Public Schools
National Educational Association
jennaclarkmartin@gmail.com

ALEXANDRA MANUEL

Deputy Director
Washington Professional Educator Standards Board
Alexandra.Manuel@k12.wa.us

VICTORIA MORELAND

​Program Manager
​Washington  Professional Educator Standards Board
Victoria.Moreland@k12.wa.us

SANOE MARFIL

Chief Program Officer 
Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture
​INPEACE
sanoem@inpeace.org

RACHELLE ROGERS-ARD

Founder and Co-Lead
rachellerogersard@gmail.com

DELISA SAUNDERS

Human Rights & Community Relation
American Federation of Teachers
delisa.saunders@aft.org

DYAN SMILEY

Educational Issues
​American Federation
of Teachers
DSmiley@aft.org

LIZA PAPPAS

Executive Director
Grow Your Own Illinois 
pappas@gyo-il.org

LA'AKEA YOSHIDA

Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture
INPEACE
laakeay@inpeace.org
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