Jesús Galindo is the CEO of Aim High, committed to increasing educational equity by providing enriching learning experiences for middle school students and educators. Over a decade with Aim High, he served as Lead Teacher, Site Director, Trustee, and Board Chair. Originally from Compton, California, and the first in his family to graduate college, he taught eight years at Lincoln Elementary in Richmond’s Iron Triangle as a 2013 Teach For America Corps Member, working with his community to help his whole school achieve unprecedented success. As a union contract negotiator and lead organizer with the United Teachers of Richmond/California Teachers Association, he worked secured a historic 14.5% salary increase and codify Community Schools language–one of the first in the nation. He is also the founder and owner of Longshore Handyman LLC, a construction company established in 2019.