Meet Our Team

JASMINE GILSTRAP

​Co-Founder and Executive Director

Jasmine co-founded the Lion’s Pride program with Sean Healy in 2017 and helped to transition the program into a nonprofit in September 2019. Jasmine previously served as a mathematics instructor at Baker College Prep where she advised two groups of young women and the Baker French Club. Jasmine received a Bachelor's in Psychology from Rhodes College where she was inducted into the Rhodes’ Hall of Fame. Jasmine was a 2017-18 Chicago Sky High School Educator of the Year nominee and a recipient of the Educator of Semester Award at Baker College Prep in 2020. 

Prior to teaching at Baker, Jasmine served as a Citizen Schools Teaching Fellow and Regional Program Lead in Chicago where her passion for restorative justice and leveraging student strengths was nurtured. Jasmine continues to use restorative justice practices to guide her instructional practices and include student voice in all her work as a means to authentically and holistically educate and empower the students she serves.

BRIANNA KURAMITSU

Program Manager

Brianna received her Bachelor's in Marketing from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her Master's in Social Work from University of Illinois at Chicago, specializing in Organization and Community Practice. She gained a passion for working with students through her work as an ISACorps member guiding first-generation college students through the college-going process. Brianna has experience in community organizing and advocacy for local and state-wide initiatives, and was most recently a Research Project Coordinator for Northwestern University working on several projects about ethics in organ transplantation.

No matter what role she is in, Brianna is motivated to create equitable practices, programs, and policies that adequately support people and help them thrive. Brianna is excited to incorporate her research, administrative, and advocacy experience, business and social work training, and work with high school-aged youth to promote and implement an effective mentoring program for Lion's Pride students

Our Board of Directors

Brittney Autry 
Troy Boyd Jr.
Mattie Calvert, Committee Chair
Stephon Davis
Janice Evans II
Sean Healy, Co-Founder 
​Doug Levy, Committee Chair

Ceily Moore, ​Committee Chair
​Melissa Platt
Laura Schaaf
Tom Taylor
Dan Tollefson, Board Chair
​Channel Turbides