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Meet the Leader
Samantha is the executive director of Birmingham Promise. She previously spent nine years at Teach For All, where she led the Global Girls’ Education Initiative and served in New York as the organization’s chief of staff and in Johannesburg as the head of its operations in Africa. Before joining Teach For All, Samantha worked for Harvard University, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, and Communities In Schools of Georgia. Samantha is a graduate of Georgetown University, and has master’s degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand and Harvard University.
About the Organization
Our mission is to support and prepare every Birmingham City School student to achieve economic security, mobility, and prosperity. We do this by providing high-quality work experiences in the form of internships and apprenticeships. We also reduce the cost of postsecondary education for students from all academic backgrounds. We operate with a relentless student-centric and asset-based approach to ensure that all of Birmingham’s talent is connected to opportunity.
Meet All the Awardees
Each leader is transforming education across the United States. They're building new learning models, developing talent pipelines for the classroom and beyond, and creating pathways to economic power for Black students and communities.
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