Location
Emeryville, CA
About
Birthday:
March 1
School / Work Affiliation:
Maker Education Initiative
I am:
non-profit employee
About Me:
Paloma Garcia-Lopez has more than ten years’ experience as a nonprofit manager and development officer. She has a master’s degree in Education and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Stanford University. In 2002, she coauthored, Learning to Teach For Social Justice, Teachers College Press-Columbia University, along with Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond of Stanford University, and Jennifer French. Paloma Garcia-Lopez comes to Maker Education Initiative after serving as director of the Posse Foundation site in Washington, D.C., a national college access and leadership development organization recognized by President Obama and the Catalogue for Philanthropy. Prior to working at Posse, Paloma consulted nonprofit organizations and schools to better meet the needs of special populations. Paloma started her career as a high school social studies teacher in the Silicon Valley, and entered the nonprofit world as a Development Officer and Associate Executive Director of Future Leaders of America, Inc., a Latino youth leadership organization in 2002.
