Organizing Committee
The Organizing Committee reaches out and makes connections with all GENup chapters. They provide a one-on-one line of communication to the GENup Executive Team and are also instrumental in rolling out new campaigns.
Chief Organizing Officer
Director of Organizing
Aarna Suresh (she/her) is a junior in high school from the Central Valley of California. She has always been interested in advocacy and fighting for the status quo to be equitable to all. She is extremely excited to bring all that she has learned to an area she believes is the most important to us all: Education. We have all been both a teacher and a student in our lives, and Aarna is grateful for the opportunity to make her difference. Outside of her advocacy work, she is usually found watching a movie or hiking on the beautiful trails of her hometown.
Director of Organizing
(K-12)
Euri Kim (She/Her) is a junior at Arnold O. Beckman High School in Irvine, California. At school, Euri serves as class president, where she represents over 800 peers, as well as co-captain of the mock trial team. Beyond her campus, she is Director of Government on a Local Level for the California Association of Student Councils, where she has testified before the Assembly Committee on Education, presented before the State Board of Education, and worked on expanding financial aid access for immigrant and undocumented students. She also serves as Policy Director for both the California High School Democrats and Coalition PAC, where she designs legislative strategies, writes policy packages on labor justice and education equity, and runs several fellowships training young people to draft real legislation. As California State Lead for New Voters, she spearheads youth voter registration drives across the state. Currently, she is interning at Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris’ office, gaining direct experience in constituent services and state-level policymaking, and her experiences also include internships with IGNITE National. Through building student policy platforms, she strives to amplify marginalized voices and reimagine what young people can achieve.
Esperanza Booher (she/her) is a first-year student at American River CC pursuing a major in Physical Sciences/Mathematics in Sacramento, California. She plans to transfer to a four-year university to pursue a degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics. She became interested in student civic engagement through participation in speech and debate, being an ambassador for the CA State Seal of Civic Engagement, and being a member of her high school district’s Student Advisory Council and current college’s ASB. Through these activities, she was able to learn about the flaws in education, especially those against marginalized and underrepresented communities, and learned that students have the ability to advocate for themselves and have their voices heard despite what they have been made out to believe due to their age. She joined GENup as an avenue to gain civic and political literacy. and to be a part of a team where she knows that what she does has an impact. Outside of civic engagement, she loves music, astronomy, fashion, and community service and either leads or participates in several groups that suit her interests (such as Circle K, band, color guard, and more)! She is always excited to serve GENup by supporting and connecting chapters, and cannot wait to see what more students across the nation can do for educational reform!