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Amanda Fernandez

CEO & Founder
Latinos for Education

As CEO and Founder, Amanda is dedicated to developing, placing, and connecting Latino leadership in the education sector, while mobilizing Latino voices to promote practices and policies that remove barriers to equitable educational opportunity. Under her leadership, the organization has grown from a Boston-based nonprofit to a national leader on education policy, advocacy and leadership development. She served as VP of Latino Community Partnerships at Teach for America, where she developed relationships with national Latino serving organizations to advance recruitment of Latino teachers and support alumni. She was also Director at The Bridgespan Group where she served as an organizational consultant to youth and education clients in support of their strategic planning efforts.

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Events featuring Amanda Fernandez
Events featuring Amanda Fernandez