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HE, HIM | AGE 35
RICHARD
SEIGLER-
CARTER
MANAGING DIRECTOR,
LEVERAGED
The notion of the American educa-
tional haves and have nots is often
pernicious and masked as a lack
of resources, rather than a lack of
leadership, support and rigor. I intend
to demonstrate that students across
the country can and will be successful
in any school model with concrete
systems, processes and functions that
place a student’s academic excellence
and their social-emotional needs first.
I view it as my personal responsibility
to not only ensure the conditions for
CREDIT: ROSA MARIA ZAMARRON CREDIT: COURTESY OF THE MOVEMENT
excellence and success are in place, but ADVANCEMENT PROJECT
also to support the sector as a whole in
SHE, HER | AGE 29 intentional recruiting, training and the THEY, THEM | AGE 35
ongoing development of future leaders
GABRIELA of color. ALEX
SANTIAGO- SHELDON
ROMERO HEAD OF SOCIAL IMPACT &
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS,
DAYLIGHT
CITY COUNCILWOMAN,
DETROIT, POLICY AND I believe that my responsibility to this
RESEARCH DIRECTOR, WE THE moment is to promote financial health
PEOPLE MICHIGAN
among LGBTQ people by queering
banking for the better. I’ve come to
Our community is resilient and we
always have each others’ backs. understand that most of the challenges
Whether it’s putting together backpack facing the LGBTQ community – from
drives for the little ones starting school family rejection to healthcare access to
or coming together to support our violence – can be linked to economic
neighbors that have lost their home to a inequities. And if nearly every issue
fire or foreclosure, we show up for each drives economic disparities or is driven
other. by economic exclusion, then we must
remove barriers to financial health in
order for our beloved queer community
to truly thrive.
CREDIT: COURTESY PHOTO RICHARD
SEIGLER-CARTER
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