Leah grew up in San Francisco’s Bayview and attended KIPP middle and high school. After graduating from Howard, she became a special education teacher, where she saw how much law and policy affect students with disabilities. She’s now in law school at USC to fight for them.

“Every student deserves the academic and emotional support I got through my public school education at KIPP.”

When Sandra was in 8th grade at KIPP Bridge Academy in West Oakland, a class field trip to Washington, D.C. planted a seed. She went back to D.C. for college at The George Washington University, is working on ending poverty in California, and returned to Capitol Hill as a KIPP alum advocate.

“I feel a deep responsibility to give back to the neighborhoods that raised me and to keep showing up for future generations.”