Haben Ghebregergish is an alum of the University of Chicago and a current student at the Hamline University Graduate School of Education. This year she successfully defended her thesis entitled Math Students as Changemakers in a Transforming World: How African American Girls Connect Mathematics and Social Justice in the High School Classroom During Online Learning.
Haben is the Lead Facilitator at the High School for Recording Arts. Haben has the pleasure of co-facilitating social justice mathematics courses at HSRA. The student-centered and problem-driven classes allow students to take ownership of their learning by exploring topics that are important to them, including the impact of the Black Lives Movement, Billionaires in our society, and owning a business. She is passionate about learning through travel and has collaborated with colleagues and students to organize trips to Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New York City.
Haben is also a coach to youth advocates in two organizations. The first is Bridgemakers, a nonprofit, youth-led organization that works on issues such as education reform and economic justice for marginalized Minnesotans ages 14-25. One of Bridgemakers’ most recent victories was passing a law that made high school students in Minnesota eligible for unemployment benefits. The second is Reconnect Rondo, whose mission is to revitalize the Rondo community of St. Paul, a once thriving black neighborhood that was devastated by the construction of I-94.