Meet Rosangela Marquez, RAR’s Manager, Programs and Partnerships

09.26.2023 Team

Where are you from originally? Where are you currently located?

Dallas, TX born and raised & this is currently home.

Let us know a fun fact about you?

My husband and I rescued a kitty on Memorial Day weekend.

What do you do for fun? What are some of your hobbies?

I love to travel, take photos, and scrapbook.

Best part about working for RAR?

I enjoy the flexibility and working from home with really awesome team members.

What is something you are most proud of?

I’m proud of the resilience and independence I’ve acquired after all the changes and tragedies in my life in the last few years.

11.28.2023 Team

Meet Michelle Sioson Hyman, RAR’s Senior Vice President, Programs and Partnerships

Where are you from originally? Where are you currently located? I am originally from Cleveland, Ohio and I currently live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Let us know a fun fact about you? I used to be a birth doula. What do you do for fun? What are some of your hobbies? I love to be outdoors — hiking, climbing, walking ...

11.21.2023 From the CEO

Leveraging public funding streams for Raising a Reader Programs: Supporting Learning Recovery and Literacy

Raising a Reader Aligns with Several Public Funding Streams School districts have had and continue to have the herculean task of identifying strategies that can support recovery from the learning loss that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This school year, school districts have a better understanding of just how much educational progress in reading has been lost since 2020 ...