Nate Tinbite  Nathaniel Tinbite (born May 9, 2002) is an American activist and politician serving as Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education (Maryland). Elected in April 2019 for the 2019–2020 school year, Tinbite is the third student board member to serve with full voting rights on the board. In 2018, Tinbite sought out the SMOB nomination for the upcoming 2018–2019 school year, however fell short. He eventually was elected in April 2019 to serve as the Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education for the nations 15th largest school district: Montgomery County Public Schools, representing all 164,000+ K–12 students. Tinbite is the fourth student board member to assume full voting rights, except for negative personnel. He currently serves on the board's Policy Management and Strategic Planning Committees. Tinbite's first resolution directed the Superintendent of Schools to award a one-semester physical education credit for interscholastic student athletes. Tinbite's second resolution directed the Superintendent of schools to seek a public-private partnership to expand drivers education to impoverished students. Tinbite based his candidacy on achieving socioeconomic equity among all student groups, expanding mental health resources and improving technology in schools. Also on Tinbite's agenda is increasing career pathways for students by expanding the Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program to all schools. ACES, now available at 14 of the county's 25 public high schools, provides intervention and support to help low-income students enroll in and complete college. "Every student deserves a quality education, regardless of their ZIP Code or background," Tinbite said during his installation ceremony. "The voices and stories of our students will ground my priorities in the year to come." Tinbite previously served as the President of the Montgomery County Student Government Association from 2018–2019, leading the district's 163,000 students to fight for English Language Learner program funding and frank classroom discussions of implicit bias. As president, Tinbite received the MLK Day Youth Award by Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network alongside honorees Michael Bloomberg, Vice President Joe Biden, and Martin Luther King Jr. III. In his role, Tinbite co-led a voter registration drive with 2018-2019 Montgomery County Students for Change co-President Michael Solomon at 26 high schools over a 4-week period: registering more than 1,000 students, drafted and lobbied statewide voter registration bills. Tinbite also served as a founding member of Montgomery County Students for Change.