Mikva Challenge
Voncia Monchais has extensive work experience in the education and youth engagement sector. Voncia began their career in 2005 as a Corps Member with Teach For America. From 2005 to 2007, they worked as a 5th Grade Reading/Language Arts Teacher at Santa Clara Elementary School in Miami Dade Public School. Voncia then moved on to Coral Reef Senior High School, where they served as an AP Government and African American History High School Teacher from 2007 to 2013.
In 2013, Voncia joined The Future Project, taking on multiple roles over the years. Voncia started as a Dream Director and Student Experience Designer, working from 2013 to 2017. Voncia then became a Senior Inventor from 2017 to 2018 and later took on the role of Director of Program Experience from 2013 to 2019. Finally, they served as the Chief Dream Director from 2014 to 2016.
Currently, Voncia works at Mikva Challenge as the Managing Director of Programs, a position they have held since June 2022. Prior to this role, they served as the Director of Youth Engagement from 2019 to 2023.
Overall, Voncia Monchais's work experience demonstrates their dedication to empowering and supporting young people through education and youth engagement initiatives.
Voncia Monchais completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Government at the University of Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2005. Afterward, they pursued further education and obtained a Master of Arts degree in American History (United States) from Florida International University between 2010 and 2013. In addition to their formal education, Voncia also holds a certification as a High School Teacher from the Florida Department of Education. The specific month and year of obtaining this certification are not provided.
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Mikva Challenge
Mikva Challenge develops youth to be informed, empowered, and active citizens and community leaders. We do this by engaging youth in action civics, an authentic and transformative learning process built on youth voice and youth expertise. Core Values: Our values challenge the status quo. Traditional schooling emphasizes adult lectures and students as passive learners. Mikva Challenges adheres to the following core values when implementing our mission: We believe that by providing high quality programming in under-resourced communities and schools, we can eliminate the civic achievement gap. We believe that if youth voice is included in decision-making that policy makers will make more informed decisions. We believe that the best way to learn democracy is to do democracy. We believe action civics is an essential tool to help young people develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to be informed, empowered, and active citizens. We believe youth are not apathetic, and that by inviting them into the political process they will become powerful and thoughtful citizens. We believe that Mikva Challenge always needs to be nonpartisan to allow young people to formulate their own opinions and choose the candidates and issues they want to support. Vision: Mikva Challenge envisions a world where: Citizens are informed, empowered, and active Youth voice is valued in decision making Civic leaders reflect the nation’s diversity Action civics is prioritized in education