John Kerlicker is a 2024-2025 Teach Plus Pennsylvania Equity Leadership Institute member, and 8th grade science teacher and high school general science teacher at Jeannette Junior-Senior High School in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He began his teaching career in 2022. John is an alumni board member for the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, serving on the alumni events committee. He earned his bachelors degrees in biology and secondary education from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.