2024-2025 Cohort

The STEP UP Ambassadors are a group of STEP UP teachers who are committed to empowering their peers to inspire their women students to pursue physics.

The 2024-25 cohort is led by our Ambassador Program Coordinator (*) and Regional Coordinators and is composed of 13 Ambassadors in three regions.

  • Bree Barnett Dreyfuss

    Bree Barnett Dreyfuss*
    Amador Valley High School
    Pleasanton, CA

New York City Ambassadors

  • Seth Guiñals-KuppermanSeth Guiñals-Kupperman
    The Brooklyn Latin School, MƒA, STEMteachersNYC, STANYS, SCONYC
    Email Seth Guiñals-Kupperman
  • Alexander Hwang

    Alexander Hwang
    Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School
Hunter College Graduate School of Education NYCMenTeach
    Email Alexander Hwang

  • Sui King Dawn Shum

    Sui King Dawn Shum
    Baruch College, Campus High School
    Email Sui King Dawn Shum

  • Joel May

    Joel May
    North Tonawanda High School, SUNY Buffalo State University, New York State Master Teacher, SUNY,  Buffalo Quarknet Center
    Email Joel May

  • Jason Sullivan

    Jason Sullivan
    Montgomery Twp Schools, 
    STEMteachersNYC, Rutgers University,  Graduate School of Education
    Email Jason Sullivan

  • Sabrina Whitaker

    Sabrina Whitaker
    Farmingdale High School, New York State Master Teacher
    Email Sabrina Whitaker

Chicago Ambassadors

  • Kenny Bae

    Kenny Bae
    Wolcott College Prep, PITSCO, UBTECH and Glowforge Teacher ambassador, TEDx organizer
    Email Kenny Bae

  • Jolene Johnson

    Jolene Johnson
    University of Wisconsin River Falls, PoLS-T Network, AAPT Minnesota Chapter
    Email Jolene Johnson

  • Nicole MurawskiNicole Murawski
    Royal Oak High School
    Royal Oak, MI
    Email Nicole Murawski

Los Angeles Ambassadors

 

List of Advocates

New York City 2024-25 STEP UP Advocates

Michelle Baratta
Dumont High School
Lucy Blackford
Manhattan Bridges High School
Shelley Bochicchio
Lockport High School
Lily Boyd
Bronx High School of Science
Michael Boyd
Farmingdale School District
Amy Calhoun
Veronica Canoa Roman
Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School
Gregory Cassiano
Hicksville High School
Robert Coppola
Rye High School
Kenneth Cortes
Bronx High School of Science
Robert De La Cruz
Valley Stream Central High School
Timothy Dennis
Frank McCourt High School
TJ Duncan
Brooklyn Technical High School
Daniel Formichelli
Uniondale High School
Kelly Garcia
Jennifer Gazdovich Carissa Giuliano
Mineola High School
Samantha Gordon
Wantagh High School
Sharivia Harry
Seth Low Intermediate School 96
Walter Ingram
Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Eboni Jamison
Humanities II
Rachel Jones
Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Jenny Jung
Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics
David Klempner
The British International School of New York
Eleni Koundi
Cold Spring Harbor High School
Katlyn LaFranco
Uniondale High School
Vincent Licciardello
Scarsdale High School
Luciana Lombardo
New Hyde Park Memorial High School
Adriana Martino
Farmingdale High School
David McClary
North Tonawanda High School
Jonathan Murtaugh
Hunter College High School
Elise Naramore
Pascack Hills
Diana Nigro
Mepham High School
Robin Norwich
Bayside High School
Jillian O'Brien
Tottenville High School
Deanna Ocampo
John F Kennedy High School Bellmore
George Pingeon
Urban Assembly New York Harbor School
Yianna Russo Dana Ryan
Dobbs Ferry High School
John Schineller
Paul D. Schreiber High School
Breanna Schwartz
Uniondale High School
Jenny Serigano
Ward Melville High School
Asya Shpiro
New Utrecht High School
Michael Smith
Lindenhurst High School
Jacqueline Stanley
Sachem High School East
Tim Tschurjumov
Humanities Preparatory Academy
Alexa Tyner
Syosset High School
Sevastiani Vogiazi
Pan American International High School
Xinyue Wang Gillian Winters
Smithtown High School East
Mallory Womer
Bronx High School of Science
Jeffrey Yap
Williamsville South High School

Chicago 2024-25 STEP UP Advocates

Ted Anderson
Saint Ignatius College Prep
Erin Cathcara
Jones College Prep
Juan Chara
Phoenix Military Academy
Steven Clayton
Jones College Prep
Alexis Conrad
Jones College Prep
Amy Dusto
Senn High School
Deysi Emeterio
Whitney Young Magnet High School
Rachel Fain
Lindblom Math and Science Academy
Sylvia Fox
Carl Schurz High School
Ed Hershey
Lindblom High School
Joseph Liaw
Hinsdale Central High School
Ellen Martinsek
Jones College Prep
Joe O'Hara
Lindblom Math and Science Academy
Daria Prawlocki
Neuqua Valley High School
Kunal Pujara
Highland Park High School
Jeffrey Rosauer
Huntley High School
Marybeth Senser
Downers Grove South High School
Suzanne Smart
Neuqua Valley High School
Kay Wagner
Maine South High School
Erica Wood
Lake Forest Academy

Los Angeles 2024-25 STEP UP Advocates

Donna Cartland
Arroyo High School
Mitrut Culciar
John F Kennedy High School
Aleksandra Geiko
The Science Academy STEM Magnet
Dulce Hernandez
Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles
Bridget Higgins
Notre Dame Academy of LA
Charlie Lagarde
South Gate High School
Vicky Lieu
Santiago High School
Chris Marten
Magnolia Science Academy 4
Tony Musumba
Riverside City College
Henery Nguyen
Centennial High School
Sasha Pierce
Heritage High School
Amanda White
Lakewood High School