’23-’24 Grants Awarded

LEADING for Equity Grantees ’23-’24

Our LEADING for Equity grants support district-wide (or multi-school) projects that help ensure all students achieve equitable outcomes in our public schools. These grants are equity-explicit, collaborative in nature, and range in size from $5,000 to $30,000. Projects fall into six priority categories: emotional health & wellness, digital equity,  focused academic support & intervention, equitable family engagement, culturally relevant learning/positive racial identity development, and diversifying BUSD educator ranks. 

Grant titles with an asterisk (*) are continuation grants.

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Lead Grantee: Katy McCarthy

Awarded: $30,000

Priority Area: Diversifying BUSD Educator Pathways

Lead Grantee: Christi Roscigno

Awarded: $21,543

Priority Areas: Focused Academic Intervention & Support; Digital Equity

Lead Grantee: Tanisha Walton

Awarded: $21,000

Priority Areas: Positive Racial Identity Development; Emotional Health & Wellness

Lead Grantee: Maria Carriedo

Awarded: $19,000

Priority Area: Emotional Health & Wellness

Lead Grantee: Max Eissler

Awarded: $18,000

Priority Area: Digital Equity

Lead Grantee: Alejandra Frias

Awarded: $17,600

Priority Area: Equitable Family Engagement

Lead Grantee: Rose James

Awarded: $15,264

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Lead Grantee: Dawn Williams

Awarded: $15,000

Priority Area: Diversifying BUSD Educator Pathways

Lead Grantee: Mardawn Wendt

Awarded: $15,000

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Lead Grantee: Paula Phillips

Awarded: $15,000

Priority Area: Diversifying BUSD Educator Pathways

Lead Grantee: Lydia Gebrehiwot

Awarded: $15,000

Priority Areas: Culturally Relevant Learning; Positive Racial Identity Development

Lead Grantee: Vincent Harris

Awarded: $15,000

Priority Area: Equitable Family Engagement

Lead Grantee: Hasmig Minassian

Awarded: $12,500

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Lead Grantee: Adriana Betti

Awarded: $12,000

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Lead Grantee: Doreen Bracamontes

Awarded: $10,000

Priority Area: Emotional Health & Wellness

Lead Grantee: Joal Arvanigian

Awarded: $10,000

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Lead Grantee: Nashwa Emam

Awarded: $9,000

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Lead Grantee: May Lynne Gill

Awarded: $9,000

Priority Area: Emotional Health & Wellness

Lead Grantee: Gazel Valdez

Awarded: $8,500

Priority Area: Diversifying BUSD Educator Pathways

Lead Grantee: Rosina Keren

Awarded: $7,500

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Lead Grantee: Joemy Ito-Gates

Awarded: $7,200

Priority Areas: Culturally Relevant Learning; Positive Racial Identity Development

Lead Grantee: Michelle Reece

Awarded: $6,071

Priority Areas: Culturally Relevant Learning; Emotional Health & Wellness

Lead Grantee: Irma Parker

Awarded: $6,000

Priority Areas: Focused Academic Intervention & Support; Positive Racial Identity Development

Lead Grantee: Joemy Ito-Gates

Awarded: $6,000

Priority Area: Culturally Relevant Learning

Lead Grantee: Carla Gayden

Awarded: $5,500

Priority Area: Diversifying BUSD Educator Pathways

Lead Grantee: Megan Caluza

Awarded: $5,356

Priority Areas: Emotional Health & Wellness; Diversifying BUSD Educator Pathways

Lead Grantee: Lena Sweeney

Awarded: $5,000

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

LEARNING for Equity Grantees ’23-’24

Our LEARNING for Equity grants support small-to-medium-sized projects designed by a team of educators, usually (though not exclusively) from the same school. These grants are equity-explicit, collaborative in nature, and range in size from $1,000 to $15,000. Projects fall into six priority categories: emotional health & wellness, digital equity,  focused academic support & intervention, equitable family engagement, culturally relevant learning/positive racial identity development, and diversifying BUSD educator ranks. 

Grant titles with an asterisk (*) are continuation grants.

Project Leader: Aarón Lechuga

Awarded: $13,500

Priority Area: Positive Racial Identity Development

Project Leader: Stephanie Schaudel

Awarded: $12,500

Priority Area: Emotional Health & Wellness

Project Leader: Lori Ransdell

Awarded: $12,500

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: Kathryn Mapps Cirelli

Awarded: $11,500

Priority Area: Positive Racial Identity Development

Project Leader: Salita Mitchell

Awarded: $10,000

Priority Area: Diversifying BUSD Educator Pathways

Project Leader: LaTasha Mitchell

Awarded: $9,000

Priority Areas: Focused Academic Intervention & Support; Equitable Family Engagement

Project Leader: Mary Cazden

Awarded: $9,000

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: La Tanya Richard

Awarded: $8,500

Priority Area: Equitable Family Engagement

Project Leader: Abbie Gregor

Awarded: $8,000

Priority Area: Equitable Family Engagement

Project Leader: John Alford-Leaks

Awarded: $8,000

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: Jamal Williams

Awarded: $7,375

Priority Area: Emotional Health & Wellness

Project Leader: Justin Davis

Awarded: $7,000

Priority Area: Positive Racial Identity Development

Project Leader: Gabriela Casal

Awarded: $6,950

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: Hilary Mitchell

Awarded: $6,300

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: Sandra Maldonado

Awarded: $5,000

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: Ramona McGary

Awarded: $5,000

Priority Area: Equitable Family Engagement

Project Leader: Nabatah Ahmed

Awarded: $3,930

Priority Area: Positive Racial Identity Development

Project Leader: Ernesto Marin

Awarded: $3,911

Priority Area: Positive Racial Identity Development

Project Leader: Angelica Perez

Awarded: $3,500

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: Mimi Matsumoto

Awarded: $3,064

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: Anna Maine

Awarded: $2,824

Priority Area: Focused Academic Intervention & Support

Project Leader: Shiksha Modi

Awarded: $2,720

Priority Area: Emotional Health & Wellness

Project Leader: Marissa Arterberry

Awarded: $1,771

Priority Area: Culturally Relevant Learning

Project Leader: Megan Caluza

Awarded: $1,320

Priority Area: Emotional Health & Wellness

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