Gene Fashaw (he/him) is a middle school math teacher at High Point Academy in Aurora, Colorado. Fashaw earned a Master of Arts in teaching from the Relay Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. He has engaged in numerous programs that increased his educational leadership capacity in state and federal policy advocacy, SEL and STEM program development and instructional leadership. As a graduate of Morehouse College, he is obliged to serve his community, unapologetically. In addition to being an educator, Fashaw is a husband and father to two children.