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Member Spotlight

Our Members Make a Difference
Across the country and overseas, in all professional roles and career stages, NEA educators and allies make our schools and communities worthy of our students.

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Leah Karol MM
Member & Activist Spotlight

Leah Karol: First Year as a Teacher

Leah Karol is a fourth grade teacher in Dover, Delaware whose involvement with NEA's Aspiring Educators has already helped her career.
Moffie Funk
Member & Activist Spotlight

Moffie Funk: A Passion to Serve

Moffie Funk is a former middle school social students teacher and a current member of the Montana House of Representatives.
Chris Dier
Member & Activist Spotlight

Chris Dier: They Deserve It

Chris Dier is a U.S. History Teacher in New Orleans and our 2021 H. Councill Trenholm Memorial Award recipient.
Sara Batalla
Member & Activist Spotlight

Sara Batalla: He was Right

Sara Batalla is a special education educator from Bridgeport Connecticut who, like her father, is invested in her community.
Science Grandpa
Member & Activist Spotlight

Bruce Stedman: Science Grandpa

Bruce is a retired, 30-year educator from Monmouth, Maine who is also the former president of the Monmouth Teachers Association
Melissa Carpenter
Member & Activist Spotlight

Melissa Carpenter: Real Community

Melissa Carpenter is a 5th-grade educator in her 9th year in education who found a home in MSEA's early career educator group!
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