• Filled in the seat of Sherry Gay-Dagnogo in 2025

• Former principal and special education teacher

  • Principal at Palmer Park Preparatory Academy

  • Assistant principal at Marion Law Academy, Sampson Webber Leadership Academy, and Emerson Elementary Middle School

  • Principal of Chrysler Elementary School

  • Special education teacher at former Guyton Elementary School for 10 years

• Believes the biggest issues in the district are truancy school closures and lack of parent participation

• Wants equitable resources in schools across the district, retaining staff, and fixing aging infrastructure

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• Former teacher

• Filed a lawsuit in 2017 after she was let go for raising concerns about copper and lead exposure at John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy

• Graduated from DSA in 2010

• Former DPSCD employee and former co-chair of Detroit Reparations Task Force

• Work within the Detroit Association of Women’s Clubs

• Social justice advocate and community organizer

• Dedicated to serving the Black community and passionate about creating equitable educational opportunities

• As a school board candidate she wants to ensure that the most vulnerable students and families are “at the core of all efforts.”

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• Grew up downriver and attended Wyandotte Public Schools

  • Spent weekends in Detroit and grew to love the city

• Attended Wayne State University for her BS in biological science and UM Dearborn for her MS in environmental science

• Endorsed by “Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration,” “Immigrant Rights,” and “Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary”

• Wants more funding and resources for mental health services

  • Wants to partner with local colleges/universities to use student externs

• Wants to reduce disparities in outcomes between Black and white students due to unequally segregated school systems and unequally distributed resources among public and charter districts

  • Wants a metropolitan wide district similar to LA Unified School District

• Believes that providing students/families with opportunities to contribute can build communities and a welcoming culture

• Believes that paying and recruiting teachers and staff competitively would allow for improved working conditions

• A dedicated parent and member of 482Forward’s Congress of Community in Southwest Detroit

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• DPSCD graduate (Mackenzie High School 1993)

• Parent, DPSCD volunteer, PTA leader, business owner, and community builder

• Wants families to understand these factors:

  • Better parent communication: parents should know about school events, programs, and resources

  • Strong accountability: ask where money is going and if students are getting the promised results

  • Transportation: students need dependable ways to get to school and families need answers when transportation breaks down

  • Family Stability: housing, homelessness, mental health, food, and other needs affect whether a child is ready to learn

  • Reading, Mentoring, and Opportunity: more kids should have access to literacy help, mentors, STEM, after school programs, and workforce exposure

  • Buildings and neighborhoods: school buildings, closed school properties, grass, and safety and maintenance affect the entire neighborhood

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• Member of Detroit Board of Police Commissioners

• Graduated from Central High School and earned her Associates Degree at WCCCD

• Running for school board because he wants the board to be a place of steady, transparent, student-first decision making

• Five motions to his campaign:

  • New union proposal: compact between the district, educators, and families

  • 13th year proposal: optional additional year of district supported transition, credentials, apprenticeships, and college bridges for graduates who want it

  • Principal proposal: standard, transparent, competitive pay for principals

  • Property proposal: public, honest accounting of district property (what they hold, what they lease, what should be returned to the surrounding neighborhoods)

  • First People’s Proposal: curriculum and partnership commitments that recognize the First People’s of this land in more than a single unit each year

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• Born and raised in Detroit

• Attended Malcolm X Academy from 1st-8th and University High School in Ferndale.

• BA in English from Western Michigan University. Wanted to become a teacher, but later had to change career choice due to a lack of support

• Was a reading interventionist at George Washington Carver Academy in Highland Park in 2019

• Longtime advocate and activist for public education, affirmative action, immigrants’ rights, union rights, and civil rights

  • Joined BAMN at 11 years old- first campaign was organizing to defeat anti-affirmative action ballot initiative (Proposition 2) in 2006

  • Led a walk-out of middle school students to stop 50 DPS schools from being closed, which saved Malcolm X Academy from being closed that year

  • Stood in solidarity with the DFT strike

  • Fought for equal quality education for himself and other Detroit students who were being recruited and bussed across district boundaries

    • “Ferndale district was skimping on the education of Detroit students while using our per pupil dollars to provide more resources and opportunities for Ferndale students in a separate school”

  • Advocated for establishing a Gay-Straight Alliance at University High School

  • Organized education college students at WMU to join the MEA Aspiring Educators Organization, which organized campus events for the education community to enhance the teaching profession

• Proposes community meetings with parents, students, and community members to discuss school related issues directly with board members prior to regular board meetings

  • Wants to be proactive in decision making, not reactive

• Wants more funding and resources for mental health services by reallocating district funds from the current excess of central office to our schools to address this need

  • Hiring and recruiting social workers

• Wants a metro-wide school district instead of competing for educational funds. Putting Wayne county schools together to combine funding and close the achievement gap (specifically for Black student achievement)

• Believes in paying teachers and staff a competitive and livable wage

  • Expanding recruitment efforts beyond WSU College of Education

• Director of school based and community programs for the Black Caucus Foundation of MI and founded the education consulting organization Making Education Count

• As of 2025, was the board president at Branch Line School, a Livonia charter school

• When asked about her stance on the relationship between public and charter schools, she said she “doesn’t think there’s one better than the other”

• Former teacher, school social worker, community organizer in DPS, and district administrator in DPSCD

• Stands for pragmatic leadership rounded in education that works for all students, rooted in local priorities, and ensures that kids are prepared for all economic opportunity

• Believes the school district should listen and address the priorities parents have for their child’s education, and listen to students’ voices when making decisions

• Previously served on the DPSCD board

• Previously served on the DPSCD board

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• His wife and daughter attended a DPSCD school

• Hopes to bring his experience in hospitality and customer service into the DPSCD school board to “create new solutions that exceed expectations and drive excellence.”

• Believes Detroit doesn’t lack people who want to help, but instead lacks a door for them to walk through

• His plans include:

  • Food access and safety: Every student deserves nutritious, safe, and reliably stored food. He will use for a full audit of district food vendor contracts and cafeteria storage standards, and advocate for quality.

  • Literacy and libraries for all: wants fully staffed and functioning library, and to push for family literacy access beyond the school day

  • A real door for community partners: he will push for standardized intake processes, a published response-time standard, and transparency on all partnership proposals.

• An education advocate and district parent who frequently brings critiques and recommendations to board members

• Wants to survey parents annually and host monthly forums to learn about their critiques of the school board and central office

• Wants to help the district be more transparent and rebuild trust in the community

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• Was a salon owner and landlord for 30 years

• Supports freezes on property taxes and city insurance programs

• Graduated from Kettering High School, and had children that attended DPSCD schools

• Attended WSU with a major in social work and WCCCD with a major in general studies

• Graduate of Cass Technical High School

• Child psychologist, healthcare leader, and former educator.

• Wants to ensure every child has access to excellent education and decisions are guided by transparency, student success, and accountability

• Her policy priorities include:

  • Student achievement: keeping student learning and outcomes the center of Board decisions

  • Strong governance and accountability: provide oversight, set expectations, and hold leaders accountable to allow educators to focus on teaching

  • Safe and supportive schools: support learning environments where students feel safe, welcomed, and supported through mental health resources and strong support services

  • Transparency and community engagement: strengthen trust through open communication and meaningful engagement with families, students, educators, and community members

  • Fiscal responsibility: ensure responsible budgeting, financial oversight, and investments that support student success

  • Preparing students for the future: increase opportunities that prepare students for success after graduation

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• Has worked alongside youth, families, educators, nonprofit leaders, and community partners to make sure children can succeed

• Attended Detroit-based Catholic schools

• Running for the board to help build the momentum through “thoughtful governance, strong community partnerships, and accountable leadership so every child has the opportunity to learn, belong, and thrive.”

• His commitments to Detroit youth and families include:

  • Strengthening schools

  • Cultivating community partnerships

  • Developing leaders

  • Driving strategic investment

  • Elevating community voice

  • Investing in Detroit

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