Cristina Pacione-Zayas' Biography
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Full Name:
Cristina Pacione-Zayas
Gender:
Female
PhD, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana at Champaign, 2003-2009
MEd, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana at Champaign, 2001-2003
BA, Sociology/Spanish, University of Illinois at Urbana at Champaign, 1996-2000
Member, Illinois State Board of Education, 2019-present
Secretary, Illinois State Board of Education, present
Senator, Illinois State Senate, District 20, 2020-2023
Candidate, Illinois State Senate, District 20, 2022
No caucus information on file.
Associate Vice President/Director of Policy, Erikson Institute, 2016-present
Community Schools Director, Enlace Chicago, 2006-2010
Member, Better Together Chicago, 2019-present
Board Member, Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2018-present
Co-Chair, The Puerto Rican Agenda of Chicago, 2014-present
Steering Committee Member, University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2013-present
Member, Educational Success Committee, JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton Transition Team
Board Member, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, 2013-2018
Member, Steering Committee, Generation All, 2014-2018
Education Director, Latino Policy Forum, 2012-2016
Culture of Calm Coordinator, Chicago Public Schools, 2010-2012