Sierra Gomez
Oakland,CA
Summary
I am a social justice-oriented, highly organized, leader with a background in recruitment, coaching, teaching, research, and data analysis. I excel at analyzing trends and individualizing strategy to accelerate equitable outcomes. My professional career is dedicated to making educational equity a reality for some of our most brilliant underrepresented communities.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Recruitment Director
Teach for America
01.2021 - Current
- As a Recruitment Director, I execute visions and lead strategic plans for campaigns, identify and cultivate diverse top prospects to act, and inspire a broad network of constituents to build a large, diverse, and talented corps.
- In service of this, I support scheduling and planning impactful meetings, events, and training through team-wide calendar management, as well as agenda design and facilitation.
- Additionally, I steward powerful partnerships to support potential teachers, our organization, and the universities we partner with, in response to the dynamic data we are seeing.
- For my team, this may look like designing and facilitating development sessions, analyzing how we’re supporting the recruitment of a diverse corps. For students and universities, this might look like creating a partnership between the UC Berkeley Transfer Student Center and planning events to best support student needs, like LinkedIn workshops.
- 2024 Pursue Equity Spark Award Recipient
Troop Leader Assistant
Radical Monarchs
01.2021 - Current
- As the San Francisco RTLA, I manage our troop calendar, attendance, legal forms, family communication, and co-plan dynamic and engaging systems for our Monarchs
- This can look like: sending weekly family emails regarding upcoming sessions and events, reaching out to families regarding Monarch needs, as well as designing culture keeping systems to incentivize Monarch buy in and engagement
Holistic Life Coach
SG Coaching
01.2021 - Current
- As a holistic life coach, I utilize powerful questions, direct communication, and inquisitive dialogue to empower my clients to identify what their highest self looks like, then planning to reach that ideal
- I specialize in supporting Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, looking to align their desires with their actions to lead a values-based life
Native Recruitment Captain
Teach for America
01.2022 - 01.2023
- I was responsible for setting a vision and designing strategies in service of our Native recruitment goal
- In the 2022 and 2023 recruitment seasons, I led my team to recruit the highest number of Native prospects out of all the recruitment team, a full deadline ahead of schedule
- In this role, I have designed strategies to provide my team extensive community professional development in service of supporting the Native prospects we meet
- I hold folks accountable for attending these learning opportunities, reflecting on what they learn, and bringing these learning back to the communities we serve
- This has allowed my team to take a culturally competent approach to Native recruitment and has allowed us to exceed our quantitative goals at 116%
English Department Chair
Making Waves Academy
01.2018 - 01.2019
- As the English content lead, I facilitate meetings around curriculum alignment and DEI development for teachers, as well as planning projects and units that are culturally relevant and responsive to students’ current dynamic interests, needs, and data
- One approach to DEI development for my team was leading our group in a book club around antiracist intersectional texts, engaging in implicit bias assessments, and using those learnings to inform our plans for the school year
- These texts and assessments were then used to frame how I lead data meetings around student achievement and equitable instruction, focusing on critical learner subgroups
Education
Associate Certified Coaching Credential -
International Coaching Federation
01.2022
Holistic Coach Training Certificate -
Holistic Coach Training Institute
01.2021
Master of Arts - Urban Education Policy and Administration
Loyola Marymount University
01.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Rhetoric, Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley
01.2016
Skills
- Calendar management expertise
- Activity and event planning
- Project management
- Partnership stewardship
- Sourcing Specialist
- Coaching
- Recruitment
- Full cycle curriculum planning
Timeline
Native Recruitment Captain
Teach for America
01.2022 - 01.2023
Recruitment Director
Teach for America
01.2021 - Current
Troop Leader Assistant
Radical Monarchs
01.2021 - Current
Holistic Life Coach
SG Coaching
01.2021 - Current
English Department Chair
Making Waves Academy
01.2018 - 01.2019
Associate Certified Coaching Credential -
International Coaching Federation
Holistic Coach Training Certificate -
Holistic Coach Training Institute
Master of Arts - Urban Education Policy and Administration
Loyola Marymount University
Bachelor of Arts - Rhetoric, Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley
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