Design Team
Biggest Winner Summer 2022
As Ed Inquiry designs the Massachusetts 2022 Summer Biggest Winner Math Challenge we are assembling a very talented team of educators, instructional designers, graphic artists, programmers, and experienced project leaders.
All coming together with their broad range of cultural perspectives, expertise and lived experiences. These leaders, educators and contributors are coming together this year, to ensure that a transformative experience is created for children across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond.
All participants of the Biggest Winner Match Challenge will be working, learning and collaborating in a virtual environment. You will find colleagues from across the country working daily together on the innovative educational program designed to engage, inspire and motivate students in grade 6 through 9 that love math.
The 2022 Biggest Winner Math Challenge Team is forming if you want to be apart of this check out our careers page or the jobs descriptions below.
The Team
Tyrone Mowat, MBA (Ed Inquiry)
Team Lead
- 30 years in industry
- Social Entrepreneur
- 12 years in public education with proven results in school turnaround
- Former Chair: Gifted/Talented Advisory Education Council, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Believes the time is now! We MUST find and nurture our future leaders in every community across the country
Molander Etienne
Curriculum Advisor / Designer
- 25 plus years in education
- proven results closing the achievement gap
- Consistently delivers extraordinary student outcomes as a Massachusetts instructional leader
- Deep experience in the design of culturally affirming literacy curricula
- Deep experience successfully inspiring and leading teachers of children of color
- Believes that ALL children MUST be globally competitive readers and writers no matter what neighborhood they come from
Heather Martin
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.
Dena DeGraffenreid
Program Coordinator/Asst. Producer
- Boston Native residing in Atlanta GA
- Specializes in building rapport and establishing relationships
- 10 years experience in mental health servicing students and clients
- Believes we are best able to authentically communicate with our children when we know, respect and accept them for who they are on all levels.
Jacqui Vincent
Curriculum Advisor/Summer Instructor
- 10 years in education
- Focused on STEM subjects
- Enjoy sharing my passion for math with students
- 2 Masters degrees later and I am learning so much more everyday from the students I teach
- Believes we have to make STEM engaging and accessible, especially for aspiring young girls.
Ruth Fuentes
Communications & Outreach Manager
- Teaching, training and designing new systems, processes and techniques for outreach
- Creatively applying the new tools of outreach to create collaborative communities of educators
- Pioneering the world of virtual work
- Believes that students must have alternative pathways to reach their potential whether in business, education, music or art
Tamayra Pearce
Vendor Relations & Business Manager
- Experienced in finding the best talent from non-traditional sources
- Studied nursing but saw the need for more talent in education
- Just recruited 40 plus amazing instructors for our dynamic summer program
- Believes that a job that lets you explore and fulfill your passion is a blessing
Morgan Ingram
Summer Session Operations Manager
- Passionate about students and families
- 10 years in education learning best practices
- Serious about providing equitable access to quality education for ALL
- Thrives in ambiguous situations that require innovation and creativity
- Believes the purpose of teaching is to help children love learning so they can thrive.
Joe Alford
Educational Technology Advisor
- Chief Technology Officer for Independent Schools
- 20 plus years experience deploying technology supporting schools
- School leadership team, mentor to students, dedicated father
- Believes that our youngest learners in urban communities deserve identification, support and nurture as future leaders that will cut a path for prosperity for many.
Christopher Smith
Math Cluster Leader
- 7 years in education
- Reaching students no matter their economic situation
- Actively exploring new methods and tools to engage students
- Biggest Winner Massachusetts Founding Member
- Believes that students learn best when they are engaged, trust the adults around and operate within a supportive class community
Khaia Smith
Math Cluster Leader
- Teaching is what I do and what I love to do
- Experience in elementary and middle schools
- Experience inspiring the gifted and advanced to accelerated learning
- Believes that our job as teachers is to engage, inspire, enthrall and leave every student with a lasting favorable memory of their education
Deanna Rogers
Project Advisor
- 40 years leading schools throughout the country
- Experience with school logistics, planning and programming
- Biggest Winner New Orleans Founding Member
- Believes we should meet children where they are and help them to grow to what they can be
Amy Schneider
Curriculum Specialist / Instructor
- Loves math in all its aspects
- Studies the abstract, theoretical and applied areas of math
- Recently graduated from studies in math
- Believes students must have an appreciation of the pervasiveness of math in their lives, in the world and in the universe.
Brynmore Williams
Director in Residence
- Video Content Creator
- Award wining director & cinematographer
- Believes that video story telling is an art form that can bring new understanding to many
Bria Monét DuBose
Artist in Residence
- Illustrator / Artist / Creative
- Draw and create daily
- Believes that art inspires and can convey written chapters in one glance.
Instructors and Teen Leaders getting ready for The Biggest Winner Math Challenge for 2022.
Teen Leaders (grades 10 -12) interested in a career in teaching
