Ed., JD, serves as an educator for the Merced Union High School District and heads the Lift While You Lead Empowerment Project. Shari has also served on the Board of Directors for Volunteer Emergency Families for Children in Alexandria, Virginia.Īnnie Delgado, M. Shari has has served on the Board of Directors for the Dream Project for the past four years, whose mission is to empower students whose immigration status creates barriers to education by working with them to access and succeed in college through scholarships, mentoring, family engagement, and advocacy. As a trained Results Based Facilitator, Shari has worked with staff, students, and parents across the county to engage in conversations about race and equity. She is also the advisor for National Honor Society and Model General Assembly.
In these roles, she has helped develop and implement many programs for students, including the SOAR Cohort, Minority Student Achievement Network, Latinas Leading Tomorrow, Sister Circle, and College Bound. Shari Benites, M.Ed., has been an educator for 24 years and is currently the Minority Achievement Coordinator and the Director of the Center for Leadership and Public Service at Yorktown High School in Arlington.
