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Team

Student-founded. Community-led.

Students founded EdMobilizer. Graduates, directors, advisors, and campus hosts sustain its conferences, campaigns, and professional networks.

Its directors bring experience in education, technology, investing, research, and public leadership.

EdMobilizer founders & directors

Deep roots in the work.

Community · Partnerships · Advocacy

Portrait of Viet Nguyen
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Director

Viet Nguyen

Impact and policy

Viet leads impact and policy at EdMobilizer. A first-generation college graduate, he advocated for stronger support for first-generation and low-income students at Brown, where he served as student body president and later as a university trustee. Those experiences inform his work on how institutions can better serve students whose needs have often gone unrecognized.

His education work also includes launching Khan Academy Vietnam as its founding executive director, helping expand access to free learning resources. He now leads the Accelerator and Early Stage Startups team at Nebius. Viet holds a bachelor’s degree in education studies from Brown, an MBA from Stanford, where he was a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.

Portrait of Joseph Vukel
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Director

Joseph Vukel

Development and new initiatives

Joseph leads development and new initiatives at EdMobilizer, building strategic partnerships and leading fundraising efforts to support the organization’s growth. A first-generation college graduate, he invests in education and workforce development companies at Owl Ventures. He previously held investment roles at Ares Management and BayPine, where he focused on transforming traditional businesses with AI.

Alongside his investment work, Joseph serves on the National Leadership Council of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) and advises the Stanford Graduate School of Business Impact Fund. He also advises the Career Pathways Initiative, which helps first-generation and low-income students prepare for professional life. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in sociology as a Sidney E. Frank Scholar.

Portrait of Myesha Jemison
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Director

Myesha Jemison

Research and public engagement

Myesha leads research and public engagement at EdMobilizer. A Gates Cambridge Scholar and PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge, she studies the history of technology and misinformation in Africa. Her work extends beyond academic research to educational materials and cultural preservation projects that make scholarship accessible to wider audiences.

She also brings experience representing students and helping guide university decisions. At Princeton, she became the first Black woman elected undergraduate student government president and later served as a young alumni trustee. Myesha holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton and a master’s in computing in education from Columbia University.

Founders & organizational alumni

Early builders of 1vyG and EdMobilizer.

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Manuel Contreras

1vyG co-founder

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Jessica Brown

1vyG co-founder

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Stanley Stewart

1vyG co-founder

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Alexis Rodriguez-Camacho

Former EdMobilizer Director

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Mayra Valadez

Former EdMobilizer Director

Advisory network

Advisors to EdMobilizer.

David WilsonGrowth Strategy
Rosalia RamirezGrowth Strategy
Gabriel ReyesImpact Initiatives
Yesenia AyalaImpact Initiatives
Jonathan JaramilloGrowth Strategy
Josh FarrisGrowth Strategy
Noah EldenGrowth Strategy