About the One Voice Curriculum

Nette Archangel serves as blended director at Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy.

Nette is a charismatic educator who has a passion for continued learning and mathematics, but most of all a person who believes all children are entitled to an accessible and fair education via humans who are highly skilled in content, equity, social emotional learning, integrity, and unbiased love.

Monique Carruthers is the founder and executive director of ZEST Preparatory Academy. Monique found her passion in education over 18 years ago as a paraprofessional in a high school special education classroom. Most recently, she was the executive director for the Innovation Fund Foundation at the Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) where she also served as a development and adult learning facilitator and language and literacy specialist. In this role, she supported Georgia school systems to improve literacy instruction in grades K–3 by collaborating with district leaders, school administrators, and teachers. She is active in the community and serves on several boards and committees including the Douglasville Public Arts Commission, the Board of Directors for the Douglasville Boys and Girls Club, and is the community service chair for the West Georgia Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Monique earned an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego, an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Lehigh University, and is completing an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership.

Dr. Qiana Cutts Givens is a creative educator with 20+ years’ experience and an assistant professor at Mississippi State University. She utilizes diverse creative and research methods to explore and examine teacher education, critique education policy, and highlight lived experiences. She’s the author of several articles, book chapters, a poetry collection, and a stage play.

Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) is a state-based national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting young people of great promise. JAG is delivering the best results in its 40-year history, while serving youth who face significant challenges, helping them reach economic and academic success. The JAG Board of Directors is made up of leading governors, C-Suite executives of the Fortune 500, and national community leaders. JAG state affiliates deliver the data driven, high-impact JAG model program across 1,400 middle schools, high schools, and other locations in their states.

Stacy Maldonado, owner of ReWork Co., is a social entrepreneur committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) as well as social justice. She has worked in both nonprofit and corporate spaces in education, leadership development, social impact, and event management. ReWork Co. helps companies shift their work culture through assessing their systems, processes, and team dynamics and then guiding the companies through a transformative cultural journey.