TFT Interviews Stephanie Rivera and Zak Malamed

Stephanie Rivera is a 20 year old Rutgers student working towards her teaching degree, and is the author of teacherunderconstruction.com. She believes in the power of the students and experienced educators making collaborative decisions in reform. Twitter: @stephrrivera

Zak Malamed (@ZakMal) is an 18 year old advocate for the student voice in education policy. He considers himself to be both a political and social activist who is passion driven. Recently, he has organized the #stuvoice Twitter chats and StuVoice.org to enhance and empower the student voice. Zak was president of his high school’s Student Government and has held many other leadership roles as both a student advocate and a student organizer. He looks forward to pursuing a career in public service and hopes to see that track begin as we collaborate to bring the student voice to life.