Team 4 Columns

Team

Jill Boyd Myers

Founder

Sameer Ahmad,

CTO

Faiza Ashar

Writer

1st Gen Student, Stanford University

PBS Student News Fellow

Katie Powell

Writer

Virginia Tech Class of 2027 & Former State of VA FFA Officer

Akilah Lewis

Writer

Hamdon University

Juno Le, Writer

Mariyah Williams, Writer

Orion Boone, Writer

Ingrid Ramos-Aranda

Mindy Patterson Antonio, Advisor & Future Chief Mom Officer

Andrew Jimenez, Student Advisor


Advisors

We’re grateful for the support and guidance provided by these incredible experts since 2020:

Aerica Shimizu Banks

Founder of Shiso & Former Policy & Patents, Google & Pinterest

Oxford University (Truman Scholar)

Breanna Kalmeta, PhD, Founder of B3 Wellness

PhD in Neurobiology & Neurosciences at Duke University

Ciera Jones

2024 Coach of the Year, Positive Coaching Alliance

Head Coach at Clark College & Doctoral Candidate at the University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Daniel Tomasulo

Academic Director, Teachers College at Columbia University

Counseling Psychologist

PhD, MFA, Master of Applied Positive Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

Emily Nail, CUDE

VP of Cooperative Strategies, Coastal Credit Union

Former Executive Director, Cooperative Council of NC

James P. Myers

Trial Attorney

B.S., Wake Forest University; J.D., Case Western Reserve University

JoAnn Sciarrino

Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Knight Foundation Chair & Excellence in Teaching Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Laurie Wood

Digital Research Analyst, Hate & Extremism

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Mindy P. Antonio

Relationship Manager, Saint Martin De Porres High School

Mom of Four Amazing Kids Including a U.S. Navy Sailor

Peg Morrison

Program Manager, North Carolina Community Action Association

Former Assistant Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - North Carolina

Ramsey Isler

Director of Special Projects, CaLMatters

Former Director of Product, The Markup (Tech Accountability Non-Profit Journalism)

B.S., Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tahisha S. Victor, MSW

Chief Strategy & Development Officer, Flourish Agenda

MSW, University of Albany CUNY

Thomas Busbee, CEM, CBCP, CEA

Former Director of Sales Engineering & Data Product Manager, Turntide Technologies

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Sandy Boyd

Retired, Human Resources Professional (23 Years)

Saegertown High School (1968)