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Alameda native Shira Kharrazi has joined Teach For America, the national corps of top college graduates who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools in low-income communities.

Kharrazi is a 2007 graduate of the Alameda Community Learning Center, 2010 graduate of the University of Miami, and will teach in the Bay Area beginning this fall.

Teach For America received a record-breaking 46,000 applications this year, and admission was more selective than ever before, with an acceptance rate of 12 percent.

Teach For America recruits on more than 350 college campuses, seeking top graduates from all academic majors and backgrounds who have demonstrated outstanding achievement, perseverance, and leadership.