The 2024 Design Team For The Biggest Winner Math Challenge!
Another successful year for the Massachusetts Biggest Winner Math Challenge!!! Ed Inquiry assembled a very talented team of educators, education researchers, data analysts, coders and developers as well as instructional designers, graphic artists and experienced project leaders.
All coming together with their broad range of cultural perspectives, expertise and lived experiences to deliver a new and innovative model of project-based learning, offering more students the opportunity to experience innovations in student engagement, math instruction and the use of the new virtual space. The result? A transformative learning experience for advanced and motivated middle school math student and high school teens taking on their first job as rising teachers.
All participants (students, teen interns, national cohort of instructors) of the 2024 Biggest Winner Match Challenge were part of a new virtual, collaborative, learning community. The Biggest Winner Math Challenge is an innovative new pilot program to inspire middle school students that love math while exposing high school students to the world of work and teaching.
Biggest Winner Math Challenge and The Ed Inquiry Head of. the Class Teen Leader Program are growing and making an impact on learning and the lives of public school students and teens across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond.
If you want to be a contributor to this great project drop us a line at jobs@ediqnuiry.net.
The BWMC 2024 Team
Tyrone Mowatt, MBA
EDI Principal Investigator/Managing Director
- 40 years in industry as an innovator in various markets
- Entrepreneur/Strategic Consultant to industry C Suite
- Social Entrepreneur (creating earn while you learn opportunities for students globally)
- 15 years in public education with proven results in program management and school turnaround
- Former Chair:
- Gifted/Talented Advisory Education Council,, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Native New York City – Massachusetts Transplant – Global Traveler
- Believes: Lasting positive change, that can impact children across the country, CAN occur when highly talented, like minded, mission driven, passionate people find a vision they can share and align with.
Virtually Everywhere
Sashoy Bailey
EDI Education Program Manager
- Ed Inquiry Teacher of the Year – 2022 Session
- Life-long interest in everything related to STEM
- High School Science Teacher
- Instructional Coach
- One of the few engineering majors of color in her college
- Believes that advanced students deserve a place where they can get the challenges they need to succeed
Springfield, Massachusetts
Zehb Amoree
EDI Producer/ Program Coordinator
- Designer of “Student Experience”
- Creator of the EDI Gateway to Math Virtual School Lobby
- Assistant Producer of Polaris Arts Program
- 10 Years in Education, Youth Enrichment, and Undergraduate Program Facilitation
- 15 Years in the Performing and Fine Arts.
- Understands that the ENTIRE edification of students is vital to their long-lasting success
- Believes: “Creativity takes Courage”- Henri Matisse.
Houston, Texas
Ruth Fuentes
EDI Operations Manager
- Teaching, training and designing new systems, processes and techniques for effective virtual collaborations
- Applying new tools of outreach to create communities of educators, parents, teens and middle school students
- Pioneering new practices and methods in the world of virtual work
- Believes that students must have alternative pathways to reach their potential whether in business, education, music or art
Houston, Texas
Rosie Lopez
EDI Project Coordinator
- Mission-driven with an interest in equal access to quality education
- 5+ Years of experience in program design and management
- Deep experience in the tools of outreach to families and students
- 4 Years of experience working in education
- Born and raised in California
- Believes that intensive collaboration is key to creating environments that empower students to succeed.
Merced, California
Cindy Flores
BWMC Content Reviewer & Cluster Leader (2023 – 2024)
- Educator, Cluster Lead, former BWMC Instructor
- 12 years of experience as an NYC public school teacher.
- High school and middle math teacher.
- Teacher leader.
- Believes that all students have the desire and ability to learn and love math-we need to make it accessible for them.
Bronx, New York
Katherine DeWald
BWMC Content Reviewer & Cluster Leader (2023 – 2024)
- Educator, Cluster Lead, former BWMC Instructor
- 8 years experience in Higher Ed.: Complex Director, Campus Life & Leadership Coord, Adj. Prof.
- 6 years exp. in non-traditional education, tutoring, private & homeschool.
- MS Ed -Counseling & Higher Ed.
- Believes, “Courage is found in unlikely places” J.R.R Tolkien
Kansas City, MO
Carisa Johnson
BWMC Content Reviewer (2024)
- Educator, BWMC Instructor
- Over 20 Years in public education
- Technology Coordinator
- MS Ed – Educational Administration
- CAS in Technology in Education
- Believes, “Education can be so much more for so many students yearning to learn and thrive.”
Chicago, IL
Kelsey Bryant
BWMC Content Reviewer (2024)
- Educator, BWMC Instructor
- 16 years of teaching experience as a public school teacher in the Chicagoland area.
- 5 years of virtual teaching in China
- High School, Middle School, and Elementary School teacher
- MA – Reading Specialist K-12
- Middle School Math tutor
- Believes that schools are most effective when there are motivated learners taught by motivated teachers
Chicago, IL
Isha Hassan
Head of the Class Teen Council – President
- I was a student at BWMC in its pilot year
- This will my 5th year as an EDI Teen Leader
- I am currently going into 12th grade
- I have a younger brother and younger sister (who are students in the program)
- I am a HUGE Marvel fan
- I am excited for this year of the program!
- Believes: Don’t be discouraged by failure. The goal isn’t perfection but instead to learn and grow, which happens in the moments we say “I need help”
Massachusetts
Eno Anoko
Head of the Class – Vice President Emeritus
- Physics is my favorite subject.
- Recent graduate of Phillips Andover
- I will be a freshman at Spelman College – (premed track)
- I am the oldest of four.
- My favorite book that I’ve read for school is Things Fall Apart.
- My favorite genre of music is R&B.
- I have worked for 4 years as an EDI Teen Leader
- Believes: Compassion, courage, and creativity are crucial to creating a fun and welcoming community-creative, outside-of-the-box thinking should always be shared and welcomed with open arms, no matter how abstract or unique.
Massachusetts
Adanna Eze
Teen Program Coordinator
- Former high school president & captain soccer team
- Favorite soccer athlete: Lionel Messi
- Ed Inquiry Teen Leader of the Year 2023
- Appointed to be a Teen Program Coordinator this year
- Enjoys reality tv and public speaking
- Currently attending University of Mass – Amherst
Massachusetts
Courtnegail Rose
Teen Program Coordinator
- I was an EDI Teen Leader for 3 years.
- I was appointed to be a Teen Program Coordinator.
- I love volunteering in hospitals.
- Recently discovered my love for missionary work.
- I am passionate about working in the medical field.
- I attend Clark University.
- Believes that all students must have access to adequate and efficient education that encourages, fuels and hones social and emotional skills along with the academic skills.
Massachusetts
Hayilice Joseph
Teen Program Coordinator
- I started as an EDI Teen Leader in 2021,
- Was recognized as the Teen Leader of the Year in 2022
- I was appointed to be a Teen Program Coordinator this 3rd year
- I love spending time outdoors, specifically in the water
- My favorite season is the summer
- I attend the University of Massachusetts Commonwealth Honors College
- Currently majoring in math with a concentration in statistics and data science. minoring in biology
- Believes: Everyone should have the opportunity to education in a positive, welcoming environment
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Kyla Levers
Teen Program Coordinator
- This is my 3rd year learning and growing at EDI
- I had been a Teen Leader for 2 years before
- Lover and advocate of all things STEM
- Attending the University of Connecticut
- Majoring in Computer Science with a concentration in Computational Data Analytics and a minor in Mathematics
- Believes that all students deserve to have an equitable, inclusive, and quality education. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai
Massachusetts
Jeremiah Bernardo
Head of the Class Teen Counci Member
- My name is the combination of my parents names
- Even though I am in High School I take college classes
- I will get my Associate’s degree when I graduate with my High School Diploma
- I play video games with my family – 2 sisters and a younger brother
- This will my 4th year working as a Teen Leader
- Believes: You should learn to love learning cause you will be learning all your life.
Massachusetts
Katie Perkins (HR Knowledge)
Recruitment Partner in Residence (2022-23)
- Learned importance of balance early
- Learned discipline and work ethic as an athlete (Life Guard)
- Exploring the application of new tools and methods to the process of recruiting
- Believes: That matching the right candidates to great opportunities creates fulfilling career choices .
Massachusetts
Jim Faris
Creative Artist in Residence (2023-24)
- Web guru – Designer, Creator, Visionary
- Visual spaces artist
- 20 plus years of experience in art expression – for business and pleasure
- Believes it’s all about unleashing creativity – in music, visual arts and story-telling.
Washington, D. C.
Bria Monét DuBose
Artist in Residence (2022-2024)
- Illustrator / Artist / Creative
- Draw and create daily
- Believes that art inspires and can convey written chapters in one glance.
Hanville, Louisiana
Michael Richeson
Videographer in Residence (2023 – 2024)
- Content Creator & Story Teller
- Film-Maker, Story Teller, Journalist
- Marketer, Director of Photography, Videographer
- Father of two great kids
- Believes there is no greater way to share life lessons that every student should know than through visual story telling.
Atkinson, NH
Sabine
Director In Residence (2024)
Massachusetts
Clayton Sanchez
Developer in Residence (2022- 2024)
- EY alumnus
- 5 years in Tax, 3 years in Cybersecurity
- Expert in augmenting business workflows through automation and custom business tools
- I genuinely love what I do, but if I didn’t do this then I think I’d be a fiction novelist. Who doesn’t enjoy a good story?
- World traveler and explorer of global cultures
- Believes that inspiring students and each other to find their niche and talents in life can only help make the world a better, more fulfilling place.
Could be anywhere on the glob
Nathaniel Whitten
Data Analyst
- Two decades of experience in education as a data scientist, statistical researcher, data architect, and educational data consultant.
- Life-long learner who feels like there’s something missing without at least two classes in progress at all times.
- Believes that education is the key to a brighter future – for individuals, communities, and society at large.
New Mexico.
Sabine
BWMC Program Advisor
- 20 plus years of experience serving schools and students
- Focused on providing students with the supports needed for early literacy
- Understands that students need to be engaged and inspired to learn
- Deep experience in school leadership and enrichment programs within a high performance school
- Believes that a good team get things done when they are passionate and collaborate with like minded others to achieve their mission to serve children.
Framingham, Massachusetts
Instructors and Teen Leaders getting ready for The Biggest Winner Math Challenge for 2024.
