Phillip Hon is returning to his hometown of Stockton, and in partnership with the Diverse Charter School Coalition, serves as a UnifED fellow working to pursue his dream of starting an intentionally diverse school with a focus on pluralism. His career has taken him to many places where he has focused on advancing equity through roles in education, policy, and nonprofits. In those roles, he has worked to provide educational excellence to students and communities as a teacher and academic coach at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. Most recently he served as Vice Principal of a PK-6th grade elementary school on the island of O'ahu in Hawai'i. He is currently serving as the Dean of Culture at Yu Ming Charter School in Oakland, California.