WHO WE ARE
Tyfahra Singleton Milele, Ph.D. -Founder
Tyfahra is a visionary leader bringing leaders and organizations the roadmap to a new world in which we can live fully humanized. She has a unique ability to not only see a world, way of living, learning, and working together that is beyond traditional conceptualizations of equity, but has also identified an inclusive path to get us there.
As an equity and inclusion focused educator and nonprofit leader, Tyfahra brings a unique combination of strategic vision and deep compassion to the work of removing antiquated and unnecessary barriers to the fully human existence of all people at work and school. Guided by her core principle that all people deserve dignity, compassion, representation and a sense of belonging, she has cultivated an expertise in asking the right questions about what really matters. This is what has driven Tyfahra to develop tools critical to calibrating our collective efforts toward building fully humanized places and spaces of work and learning. Her assessments, training, and tools use root cause analysis to get to the heart of what holds us back from a fully humanized society.
Tyfahra has the honor of living her values as the Executive Director of Camp Phoenix, a unique, no cost, nature based summer camp for youth in her community. Previously, she was a Principal for a West Oakland high school for adults and the Director of Data and Operations for an education advocacy nonprofit following a decade of research and teaching success in Comparative Literature in higher education.
Tyfahra Singleton Milele
Alyssa Hernandez -CoFounder
Alyssa Munson-Hernandez listens deeply and cultivates beautiful, collaborative and responsive media. Alyssa’s approach to learning and leading is iterative, nuanced and prioritizes the dignity of all participants and community members. Her strengths include flexible thinking, operationalizing hope, and considering complex organizational needs while centering the voices and experiences of individuals with intersectional identities.
Alyssa’s professional background has primarily been leading in secondary schools in Oakland where she supports students and educators to realize communities where everyone gets to be their full human self, in pursuit of building their own unique strengths. Additionally, Alyssa’s experience working in non-profit and local philanthropic efforts has sharpened her understanding of what is possible when teams engage in critical reflection on their practices and impact. She builds media and professional development experiences that reflect humanizing values, and illuminates a compelling, collective path forward.
Amanda Hasto - Executive Assistant
“Stretch the circle wider” is the philosophy in which Amanda strives to orient her life. By including people and creating a sense of community, more people benefit from its support. Amanda strongly believes in equity and strengths-based coaching because she believes everyone should feel a sense of belonging. She feels everyone has individual strengths to the table and deserves a voice, thus, no one should be ignored or excluded.
Amanda received her Bachelor's degree from Illinois State University in Education and continued to pursue her Master's degree in Differentiated Instruction from the American College of Education. As a passionate ongoing-learner she strives to seek out ways of improving and growing in all aspects of life. With her high positivity and strong sense of organization she finds deep satisfaction in working hard with others to achieve a goal.