The Moonshot Blog
Welcome! Here you can experience how Moonshot and our Fellows are reinventing education in Metro Denver and beyond. Tune into individual Fellow and Moonshot impact stories and see for yourself how the Moonshot Community lives out our mission and vision, while being unafraid of the impossible.
Emma Reicks is a member of Cohort 6 and received a grant through the Learning Fund as part of a pilot that supported her participation in the Fellowship. Emma is the first Fellow from rural Colorado to participate in our Fellowship. She is working on launching a Montessori elementary micro-school in her hometown of Grand Junction, Colorado.
Read MoreSomeone recently asked Moonshot CEO Kat Ling how our beneficiaries are involved in our work and processes. We are proud to share how Moonshot Fellows and students share their insights and visions.
Read MoreGet to know Mia Coffing, the Founder and Executive Director of Prospect Academy, a new charter school in Arvada, Colorado, and find out about what sets Prospect apart.
Read MoreGet to know Branta Lockett, the Founder and Executive Director of 5280 Freedom School, and learn more about the work the school is doing in the Denver community and its plans for the future.
Read MoreGet to know Amanda Marquez and Amanda Gonzales, the co-founders of Be the Change Community School, a prospective 9-12th grade community high school in Adams 14. Gonzales and Marquez’s vision is to provide rich educational and project-based learning opportunities for BIPOC youth in Commerce City, Colorado.
Read MoreIf you know us, you know we love reflection and processing, so we’re taking some space to do just that about our most recent challenging season, in hopes of paying it forward to those who are still in process of hiring or applying. While our focus at Moonshot is centering the perspectives and experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, we believe that more equitable hiring practices will benefit everyone.
Read More“I joined Moonshot in 2019 inspired by the community of leaders who were taking risks and innovating in pursuit of equity for kids. Every cohort, every Fellow, every day in this work solidifies my belief that what we need are networks and systems that support our leaders who come from the communities they serve to actualize the solutions they’ve been dreaming up for years. We are working towards a reality of community-based solutions with leaders working hand and hand to change the face of education.”
We are honored to share that Kat Ling has been named our new CEO.
When I reflect on my own educational experience, there’s a clear lack of interest in Black folx and their contributions to society. I can name on one hand the Black folx that I spent most of my time learning about in school: Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, and Jackie Robinson. Now if I dig “deep” I can name a few more that we talked about in passing or as the focus of a lesson, like Emmet Till or Rosa Parks.
Read MoreI’m entering into this new year with the strength of the Ox and the origins of the name Moonshot on the top of my mind, thinking of the opportunity that lies ahead as our communities and fractured systems are beginning to recover. Now we can choose to build something new, to lead with “Moonshot thinking” that pushes us to dream outside of what we already know in order to create something that future generations will look back to and say - my work is possible because of what they created.
Read MoreI always hoped Moonshot would be the kind of organization that lives far beyond the tenure of its founder – that its reputation would be a result of the work of the Fellows, Alumni, team, and all of the partners, not of one individual. I am confident that this network of amazing people, including you, will lead us boldly into the future.
Read MoreMoonshot was created from the core belief that change will only come when it is for our communities, by our communities. Our aim is that Moonshot is that space for local, underrepresented leaders where creativity and innovation meets equity and justice.
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