Making Waves Education Foundation
Jon Siapno currently serves as the Vice President of Product Innovation at Making Waves Education Foundation, where Jon leads the development of an AI/ML copilot designed to provide education and employment coaching to young people through text messaging. Previously, Jon directed college and career counseling at Making Waves Academy, implementing data-informed educational programs that positioned the institution among the Top 1% in the Bay Area for serving low-income students. Jon has also held various roles at ThinkTank Learning, Inc., managing a college admissions consulting operation and mentoring education consultants. Early career experiences include teaching leadership at Pioneer High School and interning with the San Francisco Unified School District, focusing on arts education policy. Jon holds an undergraduate degree from New York University and a graduate degree from Columbia University.
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Making Waves Education Foundation
At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 500 college students. Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning. Our alumni network includes more than 600 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 84% graduating debt-free.