Leadership
Aragon Burlingham Founder and President
Aragon has spent the past decade in Silicon Valley in executive management positions at a diverse range of companies taking products from concept to production. He has a multidisciplinary engineering background, touching on fluid mechanics, structures, controls, and mathematical modeling.
Throughout his college education and career, Aragon has worked with local schools in a volunteer capacity focusing on Math and Science education. Aragon switched careers in early 2008 to focus on his life long passion to enhance the math and science learning experiences of children. After spending an invaluable six months volunteering in local schools, he decided to launch the We Teach Science Foundation to empower engineers and scientists to assist and work with math and science teachers and students.
Prior to forming the We Teach Science Foundation, Aragon served as President of D2M, a product design consultancy in Silicon Valley. Preceding D2M, he was Director of Operations at Speck Product Design, where he managed engineering operations in the Palo Alto and Shanghai offices. Aragon spent six years at RoboToolz, a manufacturer of laser-based measuring tools for the construction industry, managing R&D operations for products from concept development through design and transition to mass production in China.
Aragon has a Master of Science in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Dina Moskowitz Program Manager
Dina Moskowitz, program manager for the We Teach Science Foundation, works closely with the foundation’s founder and president to carry out the mission of the Foundation. She supports the work teachers are doing in the classroom by empowering engineers and scientists to help students excel in math and science. Dina brings extensive experience as an educator and a keen understanding of curricular content that engages and excites students.
In her role as program manager, Dina is focused on managing the foundation’s Remote Tutoring and Mentoring Program (RTM) in the Pacifica School District. The RTM program connects middle school students and Bay Area scientists and engineers for weekly mentoring and tutoring sessions using a web-based, interactive whiteboard and audio connection. As a former teacher, Dina is passionate about education and inspiring today’s youth, which she will continue to do in this role. She works closely with the mentors and the teachers to ensure curricular alignment and best practices during the mentor sessions.
Prior to joining the We Teach Science Foundation, Dina was a lead teacher in the Oakland Public Schools. She taught 2nd and 3rd grades at North Oakland Community Charter School and 6th grade at Oakland Charter Academy. Dina also worked as a middle school teacher at the Lawrence Hall of Science Summer Science and Reading Academy in 2009.
In 2008, Dina completed her Masters degree in Education at Mills College with a focus on racial identity development and social interactions in the classroom. She holds a Bachelors of Arts from Wesleyan University and attended the School for International Training in Kenya for her junior semester abroad.