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Team

Student-founded. Community-led.

EdMobilizer has been shaped by student founders, organizers, directors, advisors, and generations of campus hosts—people who brought the model into new programs, campaigns, and professional networks.

Its directors pair deep institutional memory with experience across strategy, partnerships, and advocacy.

EdMobilizer founders & directors

Deep roots in the work.

Community · Partnerships · Advocacy

Portrait of Viet Nguyen
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Director

Viet Nguyen

Turns first-generation insight into strategies, institutions, and networks built to last.

Viet is a builder across technology, education, and public leadership. He leads the Accelerator and Early Stage Startups team at Nebius and previously launched Khan Academy Vietnam. A first-generation Brown graduate, former Brown trustee, and former student-body president, he holds graduate degrees from Stanford and Harvard.

Portrait of Joseph Vukel
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Director

Joseph Vukel

Builds the partnerships and long-range strategy that carry EdMobilizer’s mission into new rooms.

Joseph works at the intersection of investing and impact, backing companies across education, workforce development, and healthcare at Owl Ventures. A Brown graduate and Sidney E. Frank Scholar, he previously invested at BayPine and Ares Management.

Portrait of Myesha Jemison
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Director

Myesha Jemison

Brings scholarship, cultural memory, and student experience into EdMobilizer’s public-impact work.

Myesha is a Gates Cambridge Scholar and PhD researcher examining information disorder and the history and ethics of technology across Africa. A Princeton and Columbia graduate, she founded Heritage Studios to connect cultural preservation with public scholarship.

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

Advisors to the work

Guidance across growth, impact, and student advocacy.

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