2022 Summer Fellowship Impact Report

We are thrilled to celebrate our 2022 EP Summer Fellows. Exclusively hosted in Chicago after a pandemic-driven national pause, this year’s Summer Fellowship included 15 rising leaders who served 11 organizations that collectively reached 1M+ students in Chicago, across Illinois, and beyond. Read on to learn more about their work and learning. #WeAreEP

2022 Education Pioneers Summer Fellows

Hasana Abdul-Quadir

Distinctive Schools

Nadine Blanco

Distinctive Schools

Carmen Cortez Morales

Digital Promise

Chelsea Dawkins

Northern Illinois University, Education Systems Center

Nicolas D’Azevedo

Chicago Public Schools

Jeffrey Garcia

Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities

Clare Grzegorzewski

Chicago Public Schools

Ashley Harris

Global Citizen Year

Dania Ibrahim

Northern Illinois University, Education Systems Center

Arnelle Jones

Family Engagement Lab, LLC

Callie Kirk

Golden Apple

Vincent Liu

Skokie School District 73.5

Tochukwu Okoye

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Jornel Torres

Illinois State Board of Education

Alexis Williams

Northern Illinois University, Education Systems Center