FIA was founded in March 2019 by East Oakland school leaders and families in response to growing local and statewide political threats to accessing quality public schools. Today, FIA brings district and charter school communities together to build strategy and campaigns. We are realizing our collective agency and power.
Our Key Partners
FIA Leadership Support Team
Kimi Kean
CEO and Co-Founder
Priscilla Zamora
Director of Operations
Michael McDaniel Jr.
Political Director & Family Organizer
Javier Barraza
Youth Organizer
Erica Baires
Parent Organizer
Susan Singleton
Bilingual Family Organizer
Ryan Phillips
Communications
Velia Navarro
Operations Consultant
Corey Timpson
Partner, Organizing
Charles Cole III
Partner, Energy Convertors
Dirk Tillotson
Co-Founder
Meet our board of directors
Kimi Kean
CEO and Co-Founder
Karla Bonilla
FIA Youth Leader; Student, UC Berkeley
Ida Oberman
Founder, Community School for Creative Education
Larissa Adam
Superintendent, Education for Change
Rocio Gonzalez
FIA Parent Leader Lazear
Michelle Thompson
Board Chair, FIA Parent Leader Aspire Berkeley Maynard
Leroy Gaines
Network Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District
Maribel Gonzalez
Executive Director, 5C