Rachel Aluko

Rachel is the Founder of For Every Child, an organization that focuses on addressing the biggest issues that impact children. Through For Every Child, she advances social justice through three primary pathways: policy advocacy, programming, and curriculum development. The organization has created over 150 free lesson plans and 50 games to make climate education accessible and engaging for elementary schoolers, especially in underfunded schools. Rachel founded and manages the For Every Child semi-annual policy fellowship for high school students that teaches them how to lobby with congressional staffers, write testimony, and draft policy briefs. She has trained over 40 high school students so far and fellows have written testimony on over 50 bills, drafted 30 policy reports and briefs and submitted bill amendments to their state’s legislature. Rachel has successfully lobbied for policy change in New Jersey and Virginia and met with over 20 congressional staffers to discuss topics ranging from nuclear energy to mental health services.