Baking
A
CHANGE
OUR TEAM
Cheyanne severance-helms
Advisor
Cheyanne Severance-Helms is a teacher at Weddington High School, where she has taught English since 2020. She attended Western Carolina University, earning degrees in English, English Education, and Spanish. As the faculty advisor for Baking a Change, she is passionate about supporting students in leadership opportunities and their mission to foster community relationships through their passions and talents. Outside of the classroom, you can find her reading a good book, spending time with her fur babies, or baking the one thing she knows how to bake (chocolate-chip cookies!).
AARON FORD
Advisor
Aaron Ford (he/him) is a freshman at Tulane University, where he studies political economy and hopes to engage in student government. Aaron first began baking during his freshman year of high school, often making snacks for student clubs and community gatherings. As a junior and senior, he began baking from scratch, developing particular skill in chocolate chip, butter and sugar cookies, and red velvet cookies. While baking in college has been more challenging due to dorm life, Aaron continues to bake during school breaks, especially alongside his grandmother in Pennsylvania—an experience that grounds his belief in baking as both a creative practice and a form of care, connection, and community building. As an advisor to Baking a Change, Aaron brings a youth-centered, equity-driven perspective rooted in both advocacy and the belief that small, intentional acts—like baking—can be catalysts for connection and social change.
Let’s Bake, Learn, and Give Back—Together.