Team 2023

Join The 2023 Design Team For The Biggest Winner Math Challenge

As Ed Inquiry designs the Massachusetts 2023 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 to ensure that a transformative summer session is created for advanced and motivated math students across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond.

All participants (students, teen interns, national cohort of instructors) of the 2023 Biggest Winner Match Challenge will be working, learning and collaborating in a virtual environment as a part of 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.

The Biggest Winner Math Challenge and The Ed Inquiry Teen Leader Program are growing and making an impact on the lives of advanced public school students and teens across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond.

The 2023 Biggest Winner Math Challenge Design Team is forming. If you want to be a contributor to this great project check out our careers page for open jobs descriptions as they go live.

The Team

Tyrone Mowat, MBA (Ed Inquiry)

Principal Investigator

30 years in industry as an innovator in various markets
Social Entrepreneur (training and employing community college students)
15 years in public education with proven results in school turnaround
Former Chair:
- Gifted/Talented Advisory Education Council, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Native New York City – Massachusetts Transplant
Believes the time is now! We MUST find and nurture our future leaders in every community across the country

Micah Donahue (Carbon)

2023 Marketing and Communications Expert in Residence

Marketing and branding guru
Master of the media mix
Creator of favorable experiences
25 years building customer experiences
Believes a favorable customer experience requires great creative design and targeted communications.

Ruth Fuentes

EDI Project 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

Jim Faris

2023 Graphic Artist in Residence

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.

Amy Schneider

Instructional Data Analyst

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.

Kris Burrell

Teen Program Manager

Born and Raised in Las Vegas, Nevada
15 Years in Education, Enrichment and Teenage Behavioral Health
Currently writing at Youth Adult book series
20 Years in the Performing and Fine Arts
Performs on The Disney Cruise Line.

“Every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.” – Les Brown

Sashoy Bailey

Curriculum Advisor/Summer Instructor

Life-long interest in 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

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.

Bria Monét DuBose

2022-23 Artist in Residence

Illustrator / Artist / Creative
Draw and create daily
Believes that art inspires and can convey written chapters in one glance.

Katie Perkins (HR Knowledge)

2022-23 Recruitment Partner in Residence

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 .

Deanna Rogers

Project Advisor

40 years leading schools throughout the country
Experience with school logistics, planning and programming
Biggest Winner Math Challenge New Orleans Founding Member
Believes we should meet children where they are and help them to grow to what they can be

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.

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

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

Christopher Smith