10,000 Degrees Stories
From alumni to our staff to donors - their stories show the impact of educational equity.

Yuliana M.G.
10,000 Degrees Alum
Sacramento State University, 2024
Santa Rosa Junior College, 2022

Yesenia J.
10,000 Degrees Alum
California State University, Sacramento, 2023

Will Hayes
Co-Chair, Contra Costa Advisory Board
COO, Bestomer

Vikki & Derek Ku
Board Story
10,000 Degrees San Francisco Advisory Board Members
Supporters & Donors since 2021

Tate Barend
10,000 Degrees Alum
University of San Francisco, 2026
University of California, Berkeley, 2020
Santa Rosa Junior College, 2017

Tashi Sherpa
10,000 Degrees Alum
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2021

Su Z.
10,000 Degrees Alum
University of California Santa Cruz, 2023

Robert Fischbach
Corporate Partner
Head of the San Francisco Office, BlackRock

Rhea Suh
Foundation Partner
President & CEO, Marin Community Foundation

Reeti J.
10,000 Degrees Alum
Sonoma State University, 2025
Santa Rosa Junior College, 2023

Pepe Gonzales
10,000 Degrees Alum
Former Board Chair & Honorary Board Member
Director of Community Partnerships, San Rafael City Schools
Sonoma State University, 2008
Dominican University of California, 2002

Pat Andry-Jennings
Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Division
Napa Valley Unified School District

Óscar Chávez
President & CEO
Community Foundation Sonoma County

Mark Mokelke
10,000 Degrees Marin Advisory Board Chair
Bank of America Market Executive, Greater Bay Area
Bank of America

Luz H.
10,000 Degrees Alum & Fellow
University of California, Davis, 2022

Lan H.N.
10,000 Degrees Alum
City College of San Francisco, 2023

Kristopher M
10,000 Degrees Alum
University of California, Riverside, 2022

Julian Toro Solis
School Partner
Director of Outreach and Partnerships
College of Marin

Jessica Mena Flores
10,000 Degrees Alum
Contra Costa Advisory Board Member
Iowa State University, 2019
Sonoma State University, 2017

Jessica A.
10,000 Degrees Alum
Sacramento State University, 2023

Jennifer Nguyen
Foundation Partner
Director of Postsecondary Success, Stupski Foundation

Jacqueline O.M.
10,000 Degrees Alum
University of California Riverside, 2023

Isabela De Souza
10,000 Degrees Alum
Index Strategist at BlackRock
University of California, Berkeley, 2019
College of Marin, 2017

Imani L.
10,000 Degrees Alum
Grambling State University, 2021
2022 Alumni Changemaker Honoree

Hana Ma
Program Officer, Postsecondary Success
Sobrato Philanthropies

Graham Brandt
10,000 Degrees Alum
Former Board Chair & Honorary Board Member
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
University of California, Los Angeles, 1999

Glenn Vander Zee
School Partner
Silicon Valley/Peninsula Advisory Board Member
Superintendent, East Side Union High School

Gaida A.
10,000 Degrees Alum
University of Washington, 2023

Eslly H.
10,000 Degrees Alum
San Francisco State University, 2022
College of Marin, 2019

Emma N.
10,000 Degrees Alum
University of California, Berkeley, 2025
College of Marin, 2023
College of Marin Commencement Speaker

Emily G.
10,000 Degrees Alum
Contra Costa College, 2023
San Diego State University, 2026

Eli Weinzveg
10,000 Degrees Director of College Pathways, Sonoma, Napa & Lake Counties
M.A., Sacramento State University, 2012
B.A., Sacramento State University, 2008

Cinthya Cisneros
10,000 Degrees Alum
Scholarship Partner
Sonoma State University, 2012

Britney N.
10,000 Degrees Alum
Santa Rosa Junior College, 2022
University of California, Davis, 2024

Bhupinder “Sonu” Singh Chandi
10,000 Degrees Board Member & Sonoma Advisory Board Chair
Supporter & Donor since 2016

Aurora C.T.
10,000 Degrees Alum
Sonoma State University, 2023

An H.
10,000 Degrees Alum
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023

Amanda D
10,000 Degrees Alum
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023

Amanda Cornell
10,000 Degrees College Access Program Manager, Lake County
Southern New Hampshire University, 2021
Yuba Community College, 2017

Alyssa Ng
Associate Director, Inclusion and Diversity and Interim Global I&D Lead, Intercontinental Region
Gilead Sciences
San Francisco Advisory Board Member