
Dara Bender
Teacher & Team Lead for Third Grade
Banning Lewis Ranch Academy
Region: San Antonio, '15
Dara Bender is an educator and military spouse. She currently lives in Colorado Springs with her husband and their three children. Dara's husband, Brian, is in his 15th year of Active Duty. Dara was a 2015 corps member in San Antonio and spent three years teaching middle school science.
Lead Attorney
Allensworth Texas Construction Lawyers
Region: San Antonio, '10
Eddy Hernandez Perez believes education is the field in which he can put his talents to their best use. Though he no longer leads a classroom, he plans to use his law degree to continue to facilitate childhood learning.
Managing director
InnovateHealth Yale and the Sustainable Initiative at the Yale School of Public Health
Region: San Antonio, '12
Fatema Basrai, a San Antonio 2012 TFA alum, noticed the close connection between education and public health as a third grade teacher. Today, she works at the Yale Institute for Global Health to support the creation of innovative health solutions.