# Black Student Alliance (BSA)

> Black Student Alliance (BSA) is a student-run nonprofit chapter at the California Academy of Mathematics and Science in Carson, California. It creates a culturally affirming space for Black students, supports academic success and mentorship, develops student leaders, and communicates through a compact Linktree-and-Instagram operation. Public records show no conventional commercial product, outside funding, or revenue model; its value is local, relational, and built inside a demanding STEM school.

- **Headquarters:** Carson, United States
- **Team size:** 11-50 on LinkedIn; the supplied Apollo record lists 27, but these figures likely reflect profiles associated with the organization rather than paid staff.
- **Products:** Culturally affirming student community, Academic success and mentorship, Events and student representation, BSA apparel
- **Notable:** Listed as an official CAMS club for the 2024-2025 school year with Christian Hoke as president and Kimberly Johnson-Agulto as adviser., Placed student leadership in a wider regional conversation when event commissioner Soraya Whaley joined the 2024 Center to Close the Opportunity Gap Educators Summit panel., Connected cultural leadership to academic mentorship through co-president Kya Booker's work supporting academic success and representation in STEM.

## Products & services

- **Culturally affirming student community** — A school-based space for Black students to build connection, appreciation, unity, and a sense of safety.
- **Academic success and mentorship** — Peer support and mentorship work documented by a recent co-president as part of the alliance's role at CAMS.
- **Events and student representation** — Student-led cultural programming and representation beyond campus, including participation by an event commissioner in a 2024 educator summit panel.
- **BSA apparel** — Branded apparel promoted through the organization's Linktree; the linked order form is no longer available, so pricing and proceeds are not public.

## Achievements

- Listed as an official CAMS club for the 2024-2025 school year with Christian Hoke as president and Kimberly Johnson-Agulto as adviser.
- Placed student leadership in a wider regional conversation when event commissioner Soraya Whaley joined the 2024 Center to Close the Opportunity Gap Educators Summit panel.
- Connected cultural leadership to academic mentorship through co-president Kya Booker's work supporting academic success and representation in STEM.
- Helped develop student leaders whose work extended across BSA, Black Literary Society, Link Crew, athletics, research, and college pathways.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Long Beach Unified profiled graduating BSA president Christian Hoke, who was headed to Tufts University after also earning admission to Howard University.
- **2025** — PERCH Lab identified Kya Booker as a CAMS BSA co-president working to foster academic success and mentorship while pursuing biomedical research.
- **2024-07** — BSA event commissioner Soraya Whaley participated in the Center to Close the Opportunity Gap Educators Summit student panel.
- **2024** — CAMS's public club roster listed Christian Hoke as BSA president and Kimberly Johnson-Agulto as adviser.

## Links

- Website: https://linktr.ee/CamsBsa
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cams-black-student-alliance-bsa
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cams.bsa/

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Last updated: 2026-09-14