Working with school administration at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown, MD, Susan helped to create an Anti-Bullying Task Force, which includes participants from the State’s Attorney’s office...
Champions of Change: Parents On Education
America’s economic competitiveness depends on ensuring every child receives a first-rate education. Investing in educating is crucial to winning the jobs and industries of the future. That's why this week we’re highlighting parents who are making an impact in their community through their involvement in education. These Champions of Change are working tirelessly to provide safe, high-quality learning environments in classrooms across the country to help secure America’s competitiveness in the 21st century.
Susana Carella, the delegate from Massachusetts, has a lifelong passion to provide children with top-notch educations. As a graduate student she focused on topics like the benefits of Head Start...
Whether it’s teaching her child to read, meeting legislators, discouraging bullying, volunteering for "Jump rope for Heart," book fairs, "teacher appreciation" days, vision and hearing screenings...
Melissa is married to Commander David Erickson, USN and they have one son, Daniel who is in the eighth grade. On the local level, she has served the past two years as the President of the PTA in...
Six years ago, Shamrock Gardens Elementary was a struggling school with high poverty rates, low test scores, and dilapidated grounds. Most of the middle-class families living in nearby...
Laurie participated with the Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) system when parents were invited along with staff to a full day seminar on bullying with nationally known speakers such as Kevin...
Oklahoma delegate Felisa Hilbert was born and raised in Veracruz, Mexico, moving to the U.S. nearly 24 years ago after marrying her husband Dan in Veracruz. The two have three bilingual children...
Deloris Irving has served as a PTA volunteer for many years; serving as a local unit officer at various schools in the Natchez Adams School District where her three daughters attended school....
The school year began like any other – Rebecca Levey’s twin daughters nervously waiting for their new teachers to herd them into a brand new classroom, parents giddy with excitement, eager to hand...
Graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso (1983); spent 15 years as a sportswriter, 11 at USA Today; stay-at-home mom since 1999; co-director of Reston Runners Youth in Motion (2006-2009);...
Miguel owns and operates Cayey Catering, based in Washington, D.C. A native of Puerto Rico, he resides with his two sons in Washington, DC. Miguel has become an active volunteer with the PTA at...
Texas delegate Darlene Shue has made a significant difference in the fight for better schools in Fort Worth, having been involved in the PTA for 15 years. Not only does she run and direct ‘...
Myrdin is President of the 15th District PTA (2009-2011), is a KY PTA Legislative Committee member, Kentucky Delegate for Parenting Magazine's 2010 Mom Congress, Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement...
As a mother of three, a wife, a science teacher, an administrator, a college professor, a tennis coach, a sponsor of Future Educators of America and Science National Honor Society and Girl Scout...