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Natalia Arizmendi
- My name is Na-
talia Arizmendi and I was born in
Cali, Colombia. I arrived in the U.S.
at the age of 7 and from there be-
gan my greatest challenges and suc-
cesses. Throughout my immigration
process, I saw a lot of injustices being
committed towards both my family
and others and from that stemmed
my passion to be the voice for those
who can’t defend themselves. Be-
cause of this, I am pursuing a career
as an immigration lawyer.
Anthony D’Souza - My name is Anthony Daracristhin Pereira Romero - My name
D’Souza and I am an immigrant from
Karachi, Pakistan. I moved to the U.S.
with my family when I was 16, seek-
ing asylum from socio-political vio-
lence and discrimination. Ever since
I stumbled upon a Carl Sagan book
in a dusty street store as a child, as-
tronomy has been a safe haven for me
and it is this same potent childhood
curiosity and wonder which empow-
ers me today to delve into research as
an astrophysicist.
is Daracristhin Pereira Romero, I
was born in Nicaragua, “the land of
lakes and volcanoes, and I moved to
the U.S. when I was 3 and a half. I
currently go to Eastwood Academy
High School. My culture has inspired
me to go to college and become an
art teacher.
The camp was first piloted in 2017 at 10
elementary schools, involving 120 youth
and serving 450 elementary students. The
2018 camps involved ~150 youth, serving
over 500 4-5th graders across 12 elemen-
tary schools in HISD, KIPP, and Spring ISD.
Enrichment curriculum was developed and
contributed by the following partners:
Nahom Zewde - My name is Nahom Joana Nunoo - Director, I Educate
Zewde. I grew up in Ethiopia until
the time I came to the U.S. in De-
cember of 2016. I just graduated
from high school and am planning
on going to Earlham College to be-
come a physician.
I was raised in Ghana and attended
Achimota where I learned my style
of leading by example. At 19, I moved
to the US to attend Grinnell College
and majored in Math and Economics. I
joined Teach for America after gradua-
tion and spent close to a decade teach-
ing middle Math in HISD. I now work
as the operations manager at and love
working with highly motivated stu-
dents in underserved communities see
what great heights they can achieve.
• College/HS youth (design of lesson plans,
reviewed by school districts)
• Junior Achievement (financial literacy)
• United Way (daily book club, guided
reading & discussion)
• Lemonade Day (entrepreneurship)
• Houston Dynamo (nutrition & fitness)
• Houston Urban Debate League (debate)
• Children’s Museum, in collaboration with
United Way (STEM kits & activities)
• Seven Lakes Robotics, Katy ISD (STEM &
engineering activities)
• Texas French Arts Alliance (social & emo-
tional learning through art projects)
I Educate wants to help as many students
as possible reach their full potential. The
program has been such a success that they
plan to expand to reach even more students
in 2019.
To contact iEducate’s summer team, email
[email protected]. For more inter-
views with the teachers go to IFMagazine.
net
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