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Campaign Activity and Management Program

2016 CAMP Alumni

Brittany Cummings-Barkley

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Brittany Cummings-Barkley is a corps member of City Year Dallas at Roosevelt High School in Dallas Independent School District. As a corps member, she serves as a tutor, mentor and role model to high school students, as well as leading after-school activities. Brittany has been involved with The Future Project, a nonprofit organization that works with schools to unlock the limitless potential of every young person in this country. When Brittany is not mentoring students she is cooking and painting pottery.

xavier Henderson

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Xavier Allen Henderson is a 6th Grade Humanities Lead Teacher in South Oak Cliff, where he teaches on the same street he once lived as a teenager. Growing up in Dallas specific to the Pleasant Grove area, Xavier attended Skyline high school and later received his a B.A. from the University of North Texas. Upon graduating, Xavier spent a year in internet marketing at Texas Instruments, but later becamce a teacher and is currently working on his Masters of Education at Southern Methodist University. In addition to teaching, Xavier has done racial identity work facilitating diversity, equity, and inclusion dialogues for incoming teachers in TFA, to continue to act on his social justice passion. Xavier collaborated closely with other communtity leaders on the "For Oak Cliff Back to School Fair", and is an enthusiastic Mavericks and Cowboys fan. He currently resides in Pleasant Grove the neighborhood he lived in during his upbringing, and is an advocate for his community’s advancement.

Kevin Guico

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Kevin Guico is an educator in Dallas ISD, teaching 7 th grade writing in the Love Field area. He received a B.A. in Music Management and a minor in Business Management from the Conservatory of Music at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.  He moved to Dallas to serve on the Start-Up Team for City Year Dallas, an education-based nonprofit that allowed him to work full time in a DISD high school in Pleasant Grove. He served a second year as a Team Leader for City Year Dallas’ Founding Team and is now a classroom teacher, at the middle school in the Love Field area. Kevin continues to work with City Year Dallas as a member on its Alumni Board, and in his spare time plays music professionally around the DFW area.

Dylan Polcyn

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Dylan Polcyn is a gradudate of Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan with a degree in political science. While a student he campaigned for local politicians, facilitated the restructuring of the college's student government, and studied extensively the role of government as a system of power in our every day lives. Currently, Dylan works at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas Independent School District. He is committed to helping Dallas communities strengthen its public school system by advocating for strong leaders that will do what ever it takes for Dallas students to receive a comprehensive and quality education. Dylan also enjoys playing sports, reading leisurely, and helping students succeed in the classroom.

Chazz Robinson

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Chazz has a career centered on innovating in the education space, and building solutions to the most pressing problems surrounding education.  Chazz’s current role is planning and implementing an internship program for high school students at The Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA Academy) in Dallas Independent School District. Students intern during the school year with businesses and organizations aligned with their interest. The outcome will be an integrated community of parents, students, entrepreneurs, corporate partners, and community members working together to help develop students with the skills and experiences to thrive in the 21st century.  Previously, He’s taught world geography and English at the middle and high school level.

Daisy Jamaica

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Daisy Jamaica is a junior at Southern Methodist University, seeking a bachelor's degree in both Political Science and Sociology. She is a Dallas ISD Skyline High School alum, where she graduated in the top 1% of her class, and was granted a full tuition scholarship at SMU. 
She has been involved in grassroots campaigning, for all levels of campaigns, since her high school days and focuses her service work on educational initiatives, religious education programs, and the empowerment of the Latino community. As a first generation college student, she has managed to overcome different obstacles. She strongly believes in sharing her experiences with others in hope that it facilitates and encourages others to fulfill their own goals.

Bryan Tony

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Bryan Tony serves as the Education Policy Coordinator. In this role, Bryan works to improve the talent pipeline of the Dallas region from education to employment. Driven by a desire to help others, he decided to devote his career to educational policy after recognizing the privileges he was afforded throughout his time in school and working for a K Street lobbying firm in Washington D.C.
​A proud native of Hurst, Texas, Bryan graduated magna cum laude from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas with dual B.S. degrees in Political Science and Economics. Bryan looks forward to continuing his education by obtaining a Master’s in Educational Policy before resuming his work to ensure equal access and opportunity to a quality education for all students in the North Texas region.

Damarcus Offord

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Damarcus Offord is a Dallas native site who graduated from Lincoln High School (DISD) and attended Navarro College where he completed the majority of his core curriculum in Criminal Justice. Damarcus will attend University of North Texas at Dallas, in the spring of 2017, where he will complete his Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Damarcus served as a Congressional intern, and has also served on the South Dallas Fair/Park Trust Fund Board. He is very active with the Lincoln High School (SBDM), and with his church, Peoples Missionary Baptist Church. Damarcus is very passionate about education, service to his community, politics and mentoring younger African American males. He enjoys reading and feeding families with his church every year on Thanksgiving

Ariella Palacios

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Ariella Palacios is a freshman at Cedar Valley Community College, and is pursuing her Associates of Science then will transfer to either Texas Tech or the University of Texas at Dallas to obtain a doctoral degree in Audiology. She graduated Top 5% from H Grady Spruce High School May 2016. During high school she was a part of the African American Culture Committee, the Green Club, and other various organizations that involved working with her school community. She is passionate about helping those around her due to her nurturing, supportive, and outgoing personality. During her free time you can catch her reading, studying, being an active pet owner, and friend.

Sara ortega

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Sara Ortega is the director of communications for a CMO in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  Sara earned a bachelor’s degree in news editorial journalism from Texas Tech University before briefly working as a city/county government reporter. Following a passion for education, she pursued teacher certification and taught 8th grade English Language Arts in east Dallas. During her final year of teaching Sara earned a master’s degree in journalism and strategic communications from the University of North Texas. Recently, Sara joined the Central Management Office as the public relations coordinator and now leads the department’s communication efforts across public relations, marketing, digital and internal communications. In 2014, she was selected as a fellow for D Academy. Sara credits this program for cultivating her love of Dallas and inspiration to stay connected to the city.

Camila Correa

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Camila Correa is a manager for the Ed Fellows program with Teaching Trust. Originally from Chile, Camila eventually moved to Dallas and graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a liberal arts degree. Camila then joined the New York City Teaching Fellows to earn her masters of science in education from Hunter College. She taught both special education and general education in the secondary school setting for six years. Camila expanded her knowledge of schools in NYC through her participation in Educators for Excellence – where she advocated for teacher voice outside the classroom.  It is her belief that these decisions influence the quality teachers our Dallas students deserve and the reason she has committed to the CAMP Fellowship.

Azhalia Leal

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Azhalia Leal, a graduate of Dallas ISD's TAG program at at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center, is a freshman at Eastfield College working towards a major in International Relations and a minor in Law and Legal Reasoning. After finishing her undergraduate studies, Azhalia plans to become public school teacher and then one day work with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Currently, her time is divided between volunteer work at Refugee Services of Texas and her studies.  She also provides operations support for the CAMP Fellowship.

Francisco Ramos

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Francisco Ramos is a freshmen at the University of North Texas in Denton and is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. As a student at UNT in the Mayborn school of Journalism, Francisco is currently a volunteer in North Texas Television.  Francisco Anchors “Las noticias”, and is co-host of “Ardillando”. As a high school student in Dallas ISD, he was co-host of School Zone Dallas and Aqui en Dallas ISD.  He also focuses his time around service and helping his community with organizations such as Speak Up Speak Out and the Love Yourself Mentoring Program and campaigning for city council members.

Ke'Yonna Hall

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Dallas native Ke'Yonna Hall holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of North Texas (UNT) and is a graduate of Dallas Independent School District's Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet at Townview. She is a Clerk III in the Dallas County Law Library housed in the George Allen Sr. Courts. As an undergraduate she participated in the National LeaderShape Institute, was a distinguished member of the University Program Council and Education is Freedom: Project SOAR, and served as a volunteer tutor. Ke'Yonna has worked in the Office of the Registrar at UNT and held several paid-internships including selection into the prestigious North Texas D.C. Program (NTDC) which afforded her the opportunity to serve as a Congressional Intern in the U.S. House of Representatives for a semester. In her final semester as an undergraduate her passion for education and urban policy intertwined when her independent research on educational equity.

Brandon Bub

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Brandon Bub is a social studies teacher at Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, Texas. He is orignally from Dallas and attended Southern Methodist University after being awarded the school’s prestigious President’s Scholarship, and completed majors in English literature, history, and political science. His passion for teaching became evident when he began tutoring and offering test prep services through his college employer, DFW Tutors, and he began working as a teacher upon graduating from SMU in 2014. In addition to teaching US and AP US History, he coaches Jesuit’s Quiz Bowl and Model UN teams. Outside of the workplace he is a voracious reader and a regular pub quiz competitor.

Turner Cooper

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​Turner Cooper is in his fifth year teaching and is currently in a teaching residency placement at Uplift Peak Preparatory, teaching kindergarten. He is a 2011 graduate of Morehouse College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and currently pursuing his Master's at John Hopkins University. Turner began his career in education in 2012 with KIPP Philadelphia Schools and joined the KIPP DFW Team and Family until 2016. Turner's extracurricular activities include: running, traveling, photography, food, and laughter. Turner was born in Los Angeles however; at a young age his family relocated to Dallas, Texas. Turner's life mantra is "live life to the fullest" and lives by the quote from Frederick Douglass, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

Danae Gutierrez

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Danae Gutierrez is the proud parent of a Dallas ISD student. An experienced bilingual communicator and organization leader, Danae has volunteered and worked extensively with non-profits. She is a long time participant in the PTA and SBDM on her student's campus.

Briana Monsalve

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Briana Monsalve, a graduate of Southern Methodist University, is a communications professional that is passionate about working collaboratively in public affairs and diverse environments. She believes communication is a mechanism to drive change, inspire others, and build relationships. She has served as a volunteer tutor and is committed to working toward a high-quality education for all students.

John Hill

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John Hill is the CAMP Fellowship Co-Founder and Program Director. A Dallas native, John Hill is the child of two proud Dallas ISD graduates and grandchild of a Dallas ISD teacher.  Hill returned home to teach at L.G Pinkston High School in Dallas ISD before moving to the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. Prior to entering education, Hill served as a fundraiser for the Harvard College Fund and a communications consultant for mayoral and city council candidates in Los Angeles. Most recently, he managed the successful reelection campaign for Dan Micciche and field director for Dustin Marshall. Over the past four years, Hill has worked closely with local organizations to support candidates seeking office in Dallas ISD.

Hill received his B.A. in Government from Harvard University and his M.Ed. in Education Policy and Leadership from Southern Methodist University.
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