our mission
SEAT is a movement of young people developing transferable skills and demonstrating youth visibility in policymaking.
By engaging in constructive action with active engagement in hands-on opportunities of advocacy and education, we're creating a vehicle for driving civic transformation as we build a social movement for bettering our communities and dismantling oppressive power structures.
Through storytelling and intergenerational partnerships, we're cultivating cultural shifts to center student narratives, promote student rights, and shape a future where students hold agency in education. Check out our work!
Leads Team
Christianna Thomas
she/her
Program Director
Hayden cohen
they/them
State Policy Director
Grace Ding
she/her
Research Director
Emeriek Moreno
he/him
Engagement Director
Sumya Paruchuri
they/them
Program Associate
Tommy Wan
he/him
Federal Policy Associate
organizers
Jasmine Arias
Emma-Eliz Barberena
Zahra Bakrin
Jarred Burton
Kadence Carter
Aubrianna Del Bosque
Aliyah Ewell
Alex Hant
Eliza Hebert
Ngoc Ho
Angel Huang
Clara Hurter
Soha Jashwant
Eliot Lam
Hudson Locke
Kayla Madrid
Krish Nath
Lana Nguyen
Ayat Nori
Arshia Papari
Isadora Paul
Azeemah Sadiq
Hailey Sommerfeldt
Alondra Valerio
Kush Vijapure
J'Vonnie Williamson
Carla Wu
Oyindamola Akintola
Coalitions
SEAT is a member of the following:
Student Action Network for Equity, Seek Common Ground
Teach The Truth Coalition, Texas Freedom Network
Right to Read Network, National Coalition Against Censorship
Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition, IDRA
Ethnic Studies for Texas Coalition, Ethnic Studies Network of Texas
Texas Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Texas Gun Sense
Urban Libraries Council Coalition
Defense of Democracy Coalition
Unite Against Book Bans, American Library Association
#YouthInGov Coalition
Democracy 2025, Democracy Forward
Right to Read Alliance, Authors Against Book Bans
SEAT leadership is represented in the following:
Advisory Council, National Coalition Against Censorship
Executive Council, Team ENOUGH
Youth Advisory Board, IDRA
National Student Council, GLSEN
National Teen Board, Beyond Differences
20 Under 20 Changemakers, GLAAD
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