Plácido Gómez teaches AP Calculus and created a summer seminar he teaches called Civil Rights: Then and Now at IDEA Weslaco College Prep in the Rio Grande Valley. Previously, Plácido taught high school math in San Antonio. He graduated from Rice University with a degree in Mathematical Economic Analysis and earned his Master’s Degree in Education Policy and Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a cofounder of the Young Owls Leadership Program, an annual weeklong summer program that teaches leadership skills and college preparation to Houston ISD high school students.
