Teach For America alumna Veronica Crespin-Palmer is the Co-founder and CEO of RISE Colorado, a nonprofit organization based out of Aurora, Colorado that works to educate, engage, and empower low-income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in the public school system. 

RISE Colorado was founded on the belief that families are crucial to student and school success. Aurora, the city where RISE operates, is the most diverse school district and city in the state of Colorado, with families from over 130 countries speaking over 150 languages. In addition, Aurora is an official refugee resettlement city. In response, RISE is a multi-racial and multi-lingual organization that supports immigrant, refugee, Latino, African American, and low-income families to use their collective voice to define, demand, and lead systemic change to transform public schools. RISE does this through knowledge building, organizing and leadership development, so that families become active leaders in the charge for education equality.

RISE also works in schools by providing professional development to school leaders and teachers about the best family engagement practices and around diversity, equity, and inclusion.