People

SPARK is managed by a working board. Learn more about each of us below.

Jessica Lee

Director, Pregnant Scholar Initiative, UC San Francisco College of Law; Co-Director, Center for WorkLife Law

Kate Westaby

Research Associate, Urban Institute

Kimberly Salazar

Research Assistant, Urban Institute

Krystle Pale

STAR Fellow, SPARK Collaborative Support

Nina Owolabi

STAR Fellow, SPARK Collaborative Support

Renee Ryberg

Senior Research Scientist, Child Trends

Sarah Galison

STAR Fellow, SPARK Collaborative Support

Theresa Anderson

Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute

STAR Fellows are current or recent parenting students with lived expertise relevant to a research or policy project through the SPARK Collaborative.

Alyssa Callender

STAR Fellow, Data-to-Action Campaign for Parenting Students

Sarah Galison

STAR Fellow, SPARK Collaborative Support

Sheron Gittens

STAR Fellow, Student-Parent Data Analysis

Cordero Holmes

STAR Fellow, Family-Friendly Tribal and Rural Campuses

Fatou Sy

STAR Fellow, Data-to-Benefits for Student Parents

Kateri Klingele

STAR Fellow, National Leadership Network Design

Krystle Pale

STAR Fellow, SPARK Collaborative Support

Letty Mejia

STAR Fellow, California Policy Research (CalSTAR)

Denise Mendez

STAR Fellow, California Policy Research (CalSTAR)

Nina Owolabi

STAR Fellow, SPARK Collaborative Support

Rebecca Schreiber

STAR Fellow, Student-Parent Data Analysis

Shalease Williams

STAR Fellow, National Leadership Network Design

Shaquita Christian

STAR Fellow, Data-to-Benefits for Student Parents

SPARKlers manage or contribute to the maintenance and operations of SPARK in meaningful ways.

Anne. E. Hofmann, PhD

Professor of English and Humanities, Frederick Community College

Devlan O'Connor

Editor and Publications Manager