The RISE Center is her home. It’s the fit she’s

been looking for to ignite

the work of creating a non-racialize

culture of early care and education.

Hailey works closely with the Founder and CEO, Dr.

Choquette Hamilton, in managing all of RISE’s

social media accounts, creating content, and

helping brainstorm campaign ideas.

Hailey couldn’t be more excited to be a part of an organization that is dedicated to such an

important cause.

Executive Assistant to the CEO

 

Alxis ensures every task on the RISE team’s collective

to-do list is completed on time with quality and

excellence. Alxis believes that early childhood

education is every child’s right, and the quality in

which they receive it highlyreflects on their lives. 

As a strong believer in social justice, equity,

equality, and rights to ever-improving education

and mental health for children,

The RISE Center’s mission and values

resonated and continue to resonate with

her own.

As a project manager, Lizzy guides the changes made

to RISE’s website and sends out monthly newsletters

for subscribers to stay updated in the RISE
community. Prior to joining RISE, Lizzy worked as a

preschool teacher with an interest in childhood

education. At RISE, she enjoys being behind the

scenes and working with the team in making

positive changes for the future.

As a Community Psychologist and researcher, FaKelia provides thought leadership from a Critical
Race Theory perspective and develops a literature review,
theory of change, an evaluation logic model, and program evaluation processes.
FaKelia joined RISE in June 2022, and she helped launch the first pilot of our Anti-Racism Early
Childhood Learning Series. She says that she is supporting RISE “all the way until LIBERATION reaches all of humanity on behalf of young children everywhere!”