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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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Kamaria Swan

Marketing copywriter

Region: Houston, '13

The opportunities after Teach For America are endless. For Kamaria Swan (Houston ’13), the next steps were clear. She leveraged her writing skills to become a copywriter for a higher education company and is currently working on a book spotlighting characters of color.

 

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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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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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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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Leigh Ann West

Strategy and Operations Lead, Devices and Services Global Partnerships

Google

Region: Metro Atlanta, '11

Leigh Ann's time in the classroom gave her valuable problem-solving skills and business acumen that propelled her career in consulting, strategy, and operations.

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Ray’Chel Wilson

CEO and CFEI®

Raise the Bar Investments and ForOurLastNames

From teacher to financial consultant, Ray’Chel Wilson (Greater Tulsa ’19) is helping young adults and marginalized peoples break generational poverty by healing financial traumas and making smart money moves.

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Kat Wong

Director, Business Value Consulting

Databricks

Region: New York, '13

Kat got her start as a high school teacher in Brooklyn. She now works with clients as a strategic consultant, something she hopes to one day apply to the field of education.