Allison Chi
Allison Chi
Founder, President
allisonchi88@gmail.com
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Allison Chi is a high school senior from Tower Hill in Wilmington, DE. She created this non-profit to address literacy levels in her community and instill a love for reading in the next generation of Delawareans. As a tutor at West End Neighborhood House and UrbanPromise, she helps young readers from the inner city grow through the science of reading. To her, a world where children can’t access the power of books is simply unacceptable.
At school, she serves as a literacy coach for her second-grade Book Buddy and as her grade’s Service Board representative. Outside the classroom, she is a record-holding First Team All-State cross country and track athlete and an avid clarinetist. She hopes to share her love for reading with Delaware's children!
Julissa Segura-Maldonado
Julissa Segura-Maldonado lives in Claymont and attends Delcastle Technical High School. Her trade is Chem lab, and she plans to become a radiologist in the future. She likes to play sports and loves to spend time outside when it’s not too hot.
Grace Huang
Grace Huang is a rising senior at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware. In school, some of her favorite subjects are art and biology. Outside of school, she loves to spend her time painting, playing the piano, and baking.
Danielle Soleye
Danielle Soleye is a senior at Tower Hill. She loves to watch movies, read, sleep, and hang out with her friends. At school, she loves to help anywhere she can, from helping out in one of the Kindergarten classes in the morning to being a part of Book Buddies. She tries her hardest to put smiles on faces. Outside the classroom, she plays volleyball and runs track (and does triple jump :) ). She also volunteers at Horizons–a summer school program for underprivileged kids. Her goal is to use her skills to make a meaningful difference in her community, and she's always eager to learn something new and take on challenges that help her grow.
Camille Moritz
Camille Moritz is from Wilmington, Delaware. She is a rising junior at Tower Hill School. Recently, she has been beekeeping at the Tower Hill Hives, and some of her other hobbies are reading, sewing, painting, and running. Her favorite book is Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.
Claire Zhou
Claire Zhou lives in Pennsylvania but is currently boarding at the Lawrenceville School. She enjoys playing squash, working out, and painting. She also really love dogs and playing games with friends.
CC Kittila
CC Kittila is a French-American citizen currently in 12th grade of high school at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware. She likes drawing, theatre, and karate.
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Matt Jackson
Matt Jackson is Director of the Center for Innovation (Tower Hill Educational Hub-THE HUB) at Tower Hill School in Delaware. He was an educator and coach for 18 years in Dallas and New York City after working for investment banks after college. Matt has taught computer science for grades 6-12 and created the civil rights history course, Civil Rights Through the Eyes of Soul Music. Matt served as a teacher and mentor with the Bickel & Brewer Foundation Future Leaders Program, a public-private partnership with Dallas Public Schools and several private schools in Dallas. He is a graduate of Amherst College with a B.A. in History and a M.A in Education with a focus on Educational Technology from Pepperdine University.
Lisa Murphy
Lisa Murphy is the Camp Promise and Victory Director at DE non-profit UrbanPromise. There, she coordinates summer camps and after-school activities for Wilmington youth.
Ann Kim
Dr. Ann Kim has devoted more than 22 years to practicing medicine in Newark, Delaware. Prior to relocating with her family, she served in the United States Army as an attending physician from 1998 to 2005, providing care to active-duty service members, retirees, and their dependents. During her military service, she also supervised and mentored medical residents, interns, and students. Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Kim is committed to lifelong learning, enjoys training for marathons, and values time spent with her family.
Richard Loeper-Viti
Richard Loeper-Viti has extensive experience in teaching English and coaching various sports at international schools and institutions. His teaching roles have ranged from middle school to high school levels, including the development of curriculum and leadership positions within the school community. Richard has also coached cross country and track and field teams during their tenure.
Latoya Harris
For the past 5 1/2 years, it's been a passion of Latoya Harris to assist and provide reading intervention for students in grades preK-6. What motivated this passion? Her own child, at a very young age, struggled to retain and make progress. So she decided to take a leave from work, and focus on addressing his needs. The timeline couldn't have been any more advantageous. Six months later, the entire nation now was forced to rethink the needs of learning for all children. She and her son made the most of learning from home, specifically with ELA and Reading. They played many games while learning sound blends. They incorporated reading in everything they did, including a "cloud wall of words." The journey was long; however, the benefits are abundant! Now there is confidence for reading, where before there was none. They frequently make trips to libraries and spend time at bookstores.
Partnerships
Partnerships
"West End provides a variety of educational, recreational and sports activities for youth ages 5-18. Programming and activities are geared towards nurturing the self-esteem, integrity and character of youth while preventing risky behaviors associated with drug and alcohol use. Our activities and programs give youth the tools to build successful futures and we value family involvement."
"ConnectPlus is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Virginia in the United States, founded in March 2020 by a group of high school and college students. We seek to make high-quality English education easily accessible to all. Since 2020, ConnectPlus has recruited 500+ tutors worldwide and taught 600+ students across China, logging 10,000+ hours of English instruction."
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