The organization was founded in 2024 to promote the importance of public education, school board races, and taking on “far-right extremists” in the education sphere, their website says. “I truly believe in public schools being the cornerstone of democracy,” Hernández-Mats told the Florida Phoenix in a telephone interview. It also follows a broader conservative education push from Gov. This gave rise to Moms for Liberty, a conservative parental rights organization that’s supported DeSantis’s agenda at nearly every turn. She will take over the post from Jennifer Jenkins, founder of Educated We Stand and a Democratic candidate hoping to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody.