Uncategorized – REstore (t)ogether Global Education Network

Laura Easley - Executive Director

Laura Easley has worked in schools in 9 countries and 38 US states for over two decades as a teacher, school leader, parent volunteer, and school and/or district support staff. She has taught ages 2.5 to adult; written or co-written curriculum in subjects from algebra to fashion design to engineering to phonics acquisition; and led change in schools from São Paolo to Sydney; from Hawai’i to Massachusetts. When not co-creating change with students, educators, and parents/caregivers, she designs evaluation systems, leads professional development, and coaches school leaders towards more belonging, empathy, and agency within the school community.

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Alex Wenzel - Board President

Alex Wenzel (Just ‘Ms. Alex’) has been in school leadership since 2017 in schools across Denver. Her educational career has led from teaching math and biology to leadership and consultancy roles in global learning, mathematics, educational technology, service learning and instructional coaching. Alex has worked and lived as an educator in South Korea, Venezuela, Singapore, Wisconsin and Denver.

Jennifer Roglà, Ph.D - Board Vice President

Jennifer Roglà, Ph.D., is the Global Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) at iDE, a market-based development nonprofit with operations in 12 countries. She ensures iDE's measurement efforts are inclusive, participatory, and ethical while also designing and implementing research, measurement strategy, conducting data analyses, and promoting thought leadership. She is a former Fulbright-Hays Scholar with extensive social science research experience in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In her early career, she spent eight years directing international collaborations and partnerships in higher education, and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the U.S. and Costa Rica.

TyAmber Whitaker - Board Treasure

TyAmber Whitaker is a Colorado native and a product of Denver Public and Aurora Public Schools. She gained her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Metropolitan State University of Denver. TyAmber has pursued her desire to help children and families working in the medical, mental, and behavioral health fields for over fifteen years, currently working with EveryChild Pediatrics. She believes there are no failures in life, only lessons. The challenging part of life is what a person chooses to do with those lessons. TyAmber is the proud mother of two DPS scholars who motivate and teach her something new every day.

Hillary Carey - Board Secretary

Hillary Carey, PhD, is a designer, researcher, educator, and leadership coach focusing on participatory design and collective visioning. Through her PhD in Design Futures at Carnegie Mellon, Hillary defined visionary strategies for collaborative leadership, concentrating on social systems change and equitable design processes. Her justice-based approaches to design have been published in the MIT design journal and the Journal of Futures Studies. At Just Visions, she supports collective imagination processes that help people vividly describe and share the outcomes of their change-making work.

Zee Mera - Executive Assistant

Zee Mera is ReGEN’s Executive Assistant and has worked in administrative roles around the globe, from Afghanistan to Virginia. She is trilingual, thorough, and passionate about advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves, from children with multiple severe needs to women in dangerous domestic situations. Zee brings her deep love for humanity and attention to detail to all she does. She is currently enrolled in a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and will go on to earn her Juris Doctorate as her next degree. Bringing in her administrative skills, enthusiasm for advocacy, and passion for raising awareness.

Luz Aquino - Accountant

Luz Aquino-Darezzi is the owner of Aquino Accounting. She has provided financial accounting and bookkeeping services to various mission-led non-profits since 2019. She helps her clients reach their goals and serve their communities and schools, while maintaining a strong grasp and understanding of their financials.
As an Accounting and Business Administration graduate of Montclair State University in New Jersey, she vowed to make a difference in the lives of business leaders and reshape what a client-accountant relationship should look like. A personalized approach, genuine partnership and a commitment to excellence are the driving forces behind the work.

Melissa Bernstein -Research Fellow

Melissa Bernstein is an experiential educator, systems thinker, and full time curious person. For over a decade, she has worked across public, charter, and private schools managing innovative programs for students' academic and social development. She is currently pursuing her Master’s of Educational Leadership and Policy at Portland State University where she is specializing in reorienting social systems towards sustainability in a rapidly changing world.

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