Each year, hundreds of individuals like you are leveraging the experiences and skills they developed through their corporate, nonprofit, or graduate school work to succeed as corps members. In fact, 15 percent of our 2009 corps had full-time, post-college work experience or completed a graduate degree program prior to joining the corps. Join this network of leaders who are forever changing the academic and life trajectory of students across the country.
Meet other professionals and graduate students who joined the corps and learn about their perspectives on teaching.
![]() |
Luis Alonso (Greater New Orleans Corps '02) Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. computer science Pre-Corps Profession: Engineer at technology start-up Post-Corps Profession: Software Engineer, Google |
![]() |
Layla Avila
(Los Angeles Corps '97) Harvard University, M.P.P. Columbia University, B.A. economics Post-Corps Profession: Vice President of Teaching Fellows Programs, South Whittier [California] and School District Board of Trustees, elected '05 |