A master of the bucket brigade and expert at capture the flag, as a camper, Briana spent her formative summers at a camp in Pennsburg, PA where she built strong, lasting friendships that carried well past those summers. She later continued her camp career as a counselor and activities director at an all girls camp in Honesdale, PA.

Joining Teach For America in 2008, Briana was placed in Houston where she taught sixth and seventh graders reading and writing for four years. Following her time in the classroom, she has worked with several nonprofit organizations all aimed at helping students reach their full potential. Most recently, Briana was a Director of Operations within a charter school network in Newark, New Jersey.

Briana holds a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Spanish from the University of Southern California (Fight On!). Moreover, she holds a certificate in nonprofit management from the Leadership Institute for Nonprofit Executives at Rice University. When she isn’t color coding spreadsheets or singing camp songs, Briana can be found reading Young Adult fiction with her rescue pup, Pickles.

Briana co-founded S’more Melanin, a destination for resources, historical context and connectivity centered around the BIPOC experience in the camp world.