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A Student Leader Near You: Part I

So Ethan and I were talking today about how some of the best parts of our job are when we get to talk on the phone or via IM with students who are interested in leading Our Education petition drives to get their peers and classmates involved in our growing student movement for high quality public education. And then it dawned on us: what if we share those moments with you whenever they happen? Would it be monotonous and redundant? Or would it be exciting, personal, and entertaining? Well, we're about to find out.

Ok, so allow me to introduce to you student leader #1: Tamara Lopez, a high school student in Houston, TX. We first met Tamara through Close Up in DC, where she came and represented her peers admirably - immediately impressing us with her intelligence and awareness of her ability to make a difference in the world. I had a nice chat with her on the phone today; to give you an idea for the kind of student she is, I called at 11:30 EST (10:30 her time) and I was worried that might be a bit early for a high school student to wake up during the summer. Boy was I wrong. Tamara tells me she wakes up regularly at 8:30 in the morning to read and do other projects - and when school is in session she regularly walks (a mile) to school early to get there to help out teachers, read, and get involved with different service opportunities.

Tamara will be working with her peers in student council (and possibly starting a new Our Education club) to help get the word out about the A Million Voices, One Right campaign in her school this fall - and needless to say, we're thrilled to be working with her! She has a great game plan for what to do when August comes around... and here's hoping we'll meet more students like her.

Posted by Aaron Tang on July 11, 2006 02:11 PM |

Comments

This is great guys! I like the idea of doing blogs and other forms of communcation, maybe I can do a website at school too. It all adds more publicity. You guys should add a space for people who are interested and can sign up!And thanks for recognizing me.

Posted by: Tamara | July 11, 2006 03:09 PM

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