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Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard visited our beautiful Bay Area communities this week, and we had incredible conversations with alumni, partners, and community leaders. We reckoned with the many challenges we are up against; we lifted up great work being done by our educators, school partners, & alumni; and we declared our hopes for the future. A highlight this week was celebrating the LAUNCH OF OUR IGNITE TUTORING PROGRAM IN SAN JOSE!!! It was a privilege to stand alongside our district, city, and county partners, whose unwavering support and partnership were instrumental in launching TFA's virtual tutoring program Ignite in two San Jose schools this year. We extend our heartfelt thanks to Superintendent Juan Cruz from Franklin-McKinley School District, TFA alum and Mayor Matt Mahan of City of San José, and County of Santa Clara Supervisor Sylvia Arenas for your innovative and impactful leadership and your dedication to and investment in students! And mil gracias to my incredible colleague Lorena Chavez for bringing us all together to make this a reality for our children of San Jose! More to come on this energizing week! #partnership #collectiveimpact #gratitude #tfa #tfabayarea #fortodayfortomorrowforoneday