Our Educators
Our teaching artists serve as positive role models who hail from the same neighborhoods as their students. HH4C programming imparts communication, self-love, and critical thinking skills to vulnerable youth. HH4C offers these young people cultural affirmation and community connections that encourage academic success and personal well-being and responsibility. We provide the youth a safe space to communicate about pressing issues in their communities. Our program is also particularly effective for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities, connecting them to caring mentors and giving them tools to regulate their emotions in creative and healthy ways.
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Marlon Richardson
Marlon Richardson AKA Unlearn The World is the Executive Director of Hip Hop For Change.
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Megan Correa
Megan Correa aka Lil MCis the Program Coordinator, Co-director/Co-Founder of the Women’s Empowerment Department and a Senior Hip Hop educator at Hip Hop for Change specializing in MCing & music production.
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Amani Jade
Amani Jade is the Co-director/Co-founder of Hip Hop For Change’s original Women’s Empowerment Program. She is also a senior Hip Hop Educator specializing on MCing and creative writing.
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Najee Amaranth
Najee Amaranth AKA Sumofman is a senior Hip Hop Educator specializing in MCing and Songwriting.
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Luis Rodriguez
Luis Rodriguez AKA LV is the head engineer of Hip Hop for Change’s brand new, state-of-the-art recording studio.
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Gideon Mekwunye JR
Gideon is a Senior Hip Hop Educator and the head of our Breakdancing Program.
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Mitchell James
Mitchell is a Hip Hop educator specializing in partnership development, curriculum development and MCing.
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Jayd Cisneros
Jayd AKA illijah Beats is our lead instructor for our Los Angeles teacher cohort, specializing in DJing, Beatmaking, and Breakdancing.
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Jane Hamaker
Jane Hamaker AKA Jane The Message is a senior Hip Hop Educator specializing in MCing and Fashion. She is also the creator of our Hip Hop Fashion curriculum