We believe that just like a high-quality education, an amazing summer camp experience should be available to all children. One of the most important components of making this dream a reality is a fun, talented, dedicated, and mission-driven team. Camp Canopy is staffed by our school partner teachers and alumni as well as dedicated individuals looking to ensure campers are safe and have the time of their lives.

 
 

83% of team members feel connected to the mission of their Change Summer camp.

 

Senior Team Profiles

 

Ijeoma Duru, Director of Camp Canopy

Ijeoma’s love for camp was rooted in the summertime opportunities granted through her middle school, Uncommon’s very own Roxbury Prep. Due to life changing summer scholarships, she had the opportunity to discover her love and passion for theater, the outdoors, dance, and poetry all through summer camps! Having had such amazing camp experiences at such a young age, Ijeoma learned how integral yet unattainable these spaces were to children who looked like her. In her exciting new role as Camp Director Fellow, Ijeoma wishes to provide more spaces for kids to thrive in their own element, find their tribe, develop their passion and experience Kid Magic! And what better place to do that than camp!

Before joining the Change Summer family, Ijeoma graduated from Pace University in 2014 with a B.A. in Biological Psychology and her Masters in the Art of Teaching from the Relay Graduate School of Education in 2016. She began her teaching career in Brooklyn, NY as a Math teacher at Uncommon Collegiate Charter School where she served kids for 6 years as an instructional leader, grade level lead, and Dean of Students. In 2019, Ijeoma took on the role of Principal of Roxbury Preparatory High School; heading back home where she took charge in leading her school in mentoring future agents of change and training anti-racist educators in closing the opportunity and achievement gap for Black and Brown children in Boston.

Now, after serving students and unlocking potential inside the classroom, Ijeoma is beyond excited to transition and experience more Kid Magic as she returns to the Change Summer family! Ijeoma is proud to have worked as a Camp Uncommon Founder in 2016 and to have founded the Junior Counselor Program in 2017. Outside of winning the ultimate Bear, Ninja, Cowboy competitions, Ijeoma loves to spend her time knitting new garments, snuggling with her cat Holi, or volunteering with her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.!