Meet Our Staff

  • Dr. Gaylon Alcaraz

  • Kendra Snow, South Side Parent Organizer

    Kendra is a mother of four CPS graduates and three current students. She is a CPS K-12 alum and graduate of Lindblom HS. As Raise Your Hand’s parent organizer, Kendra brings four years of Local School Council experience and over a decade of parent-mentor leadership.

    Kendra is excited to support the community as a certified LSC trainer. She believes fully trained LSCs are the change agents our children and schools deserve.

    Raised in the Englewood/Auburn Gresham area, Kendra takes great pride in serving her community. She is currently the community liaison for MASK (Mothers Against Senseless Killings). Her passion is to ensure that all children get the quality public education they deserve!

  • Marian Patton, Development Associate

    Nice to meet your acquaintance. I am Marian. Born and raised in the BEST hood-Englewood- I am a CPS alumni graduating from Simeon Career Academy. Currently, my one and only child is a CPS student.

    I am excited to join RYH as the Development Associate to ensure that we have the resources to work towards the change that we want to see. The victory of war is impossible if we are unable to finance it. It costs money to fight! Freedom is not free, but it is freeing.

    As RYH continues to grow, I am honored to contribute in dismantling racist and oppressive systems so that every child- regardless of socioeconomic status- has access to a high quality, free, public education.