Staff

Prior to joining Ed Trust–West, Elisha served as a Director at the Career Ladders Project at the Foundation for…

Keena has worked in various roles in the education system both inside and outside the classroom. According to those who…

Ryan J. Smith is currently the Executive Director of The Education Trust–West, a research and advocacy organization focused on…

Raised in the farm worker movement his grandfather founded, Anthony grew up participating in United Farm Workers’ marches, picket…

Jelena comes to ETW with a background in relationship-building roles in communications, advocacy and social work. A former youth…

Mariah joins ETW with a range of experience in communications for community change and engagement. Mariah is passionate about…

An Oakland native, Raquel joins Ed Trust – West with an extensive skill set in public policy work, advocacy,…

Carrie is deputy director of research and policy at The Education Trust­–West, an advocacy organization committed to closing opportunity…

Prior to coming to Ed Trust–West, Chris served as the Policy and Research Director at Young Invincibles where he…

Before joining the Ed Trust–West team, José taught statistics as a Summer Bridge instructor while simultaneously working on his…

Since joining The Education Trust-West in 2013, Leni has contributed to research and policy analysis in various areas including…

Natalie comes to Education Trust-West with a legal background.  As a practicing attorney, Natalie has experience in various areas…

Theresa has over 10 years of experience in research, data and policy in the public and nonprofit sectors. Most…

Mayra Lara joins the ETW team after ten years of classroom teaching experience in the Los Angeles Unified School…

Rachel helps inform, focus, and coordinate ETW’s work on closing achievement and opportunity gaps, working with schools and districts…

Dr. Sarah Feldman joins the Ed Trust-West team with a wealth of experience in the practice of education. Dr.…

Brian has been working to improve educational opportunity for disadvantaged students in California for nearly twenty years. His career…

As a first generation son of immigrants, Manny strongly believes in equity and has a passion for supporting community-based…

Erika comes to Ed Trust – West with over 12 years of operational support experience in the private and…

Margie has an extensive background in administrative operations and executive support and has worked in both the public and…

Rachel comes to us from Teach for America with an eight year run in operations and strategy across various…