Enrico Gomez was born and raised in Denver and is a proud product of DPS as part of
Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy's first ever graduating class. Rico earned a degree in Business Administration with specializations in Management and Marketing from Regis University in 2019. His leadership experience is rooted in equity and innovation. In college, off campus, he worked for Denver's communities at Servicios de La Raza, DPS' CareerConnect program, and then DSST Public Schools. On campus, he served as the Regis University Student Government association president. Currently, Rico is designing and teaching a high school Social Justice program at KIPP: Northeast Denver Leadership Academy. He is also gaining his master’s degree in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education.
Rico is in the process of founding a school, META Academy, which will be a community,
education, and organizational leadership high school. At META, students will build skills as
organizational leaders, innovators, educators, and agents of change. They will be the
administrators, civic officials, managers, organizers, and teachers of today and tomorrow.
He is excited to serve on Flame Lily's board because he has firsthand experience with the power of a Montessori education, having done grades preschool-6th at Denison Montessori in Denver. This wonderful model of education -- and Flame Lily's approach -- allows young people to practice agency, independence, leadership, and creativity. Too often, it's reserved for those
with privilege. Thus, he's excited to support Flame Lily in its pursuit to facilitate youth tapping
into their heritage, building sociocultural, personal, interpersonal, and academic skills, and
expanding the accessibility of Montessori to communities of color.