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Meet our Alumni

Browse this list to find TFA alumni in business, politics, medicine, school leadership, journalism, nonprofits, technology, and more. Then click into their profiles to read more about how their experience as corps members shaped their careers.
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Minh Tran

Vice President of Operations and Academic Affairs

GoodNotes

Region: Los Angeles, '09

Minh led 89 students to academic success as a founding member of a charter school while in the corps. He’s now leveraging the skills he learned, leading global education programs.

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William Trang

Product Marketing Manager

Google, Inc.

Region: Los Angeles, '08

William used innovation and technology to engage his students and help them succeed. Today, he applies these same principles at Google, helps other teachers bring technology into the classroom, and empowers kids by teaching them to code.

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Rachael Tutwiler Fortune

CEO

Jacksonville Public Education Fund

Region: Jacksonville, '08

Rachael Tutwiler Fortune began her career in 2008 as a Teach For America Corps Member in Duval County Public Schools. Her storied career in education policy has taken her to Oakland, California, and Washington, D.C., before coming back to serve in her TFA placement community in Jacksonville.

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Carol Tyger

Director of Product Management

Jabra Hearing

Region: New York, '09

From the classroom to the business world, Carol still applies the lessons she learned as a middle school math teacher.

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Caroline Van Zile

Solicitor General

Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

Region: New York, '06

Caroline's desire to help every child get a great education was solidified in the corps. Now, she fights for students through legal advocacy and educational work.

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Lauren Micek Vargas

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Education Rights Counsel

Region: New York, '07

As co-founder and executive director of Education Rights Counsel, Lauren Micek Vargas (New York '07) advocates for educational equity for Nebraska’s most vulnerable children by removing legal barriers so all children stay in school and thrive.

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Daniel Velasco

CEO

Ensemble Learning

Region: Bay Area, '07

Teach For America alum Daniel Velasco works to make education equitable for multilingual learners.

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Rachel Vicente

CEO and founder

Rachel Vicente Consulting

Region: Greater Chicago–Northwest Indiana, '12

Rachel Vicente, a Teach For America Chicago-Northwest Indiana ‘12 alum, is the founder of her own leadership consulting firm. She leverages her past learnings from TFA coaches as a foundation to lead people to success today.

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Beatrice Viramontes

Executive Director

Teach For America Bay Area

Region: Bay Area, '08

Beatrice Viramontes is a longtime champion for students and their families and a coalition builder who believes deeply in the power of communities to realize a world where all children have access to an excellent education.

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Lakota Vogel

Executive Director

Four Bands Community Fund Inc.

Region: South Dakota, '06

As executive director of the Four Bands Community Fund, Lakota helps close the racial wealth gap for Native Americans.