Monica Vasquez

“As a first-generation Latina and college graduate I learned first-hand that education has the power to profoundly change one’s quality of life, and that the alluring ideal of a free, public education for all children in the U.S. is acutely flawed and inextricably racialized. I choose to work in education because I want to interrupt the systemic cycle of oppression, inequity, and racism in our public schools, because I believe that ALL children have the right to an exceptional education and the ability to be the best versions of themselves, regardless of the countless identifiers of otherness imposed by society.”

Monica Vasquez is Executive Director of Talent at UnboundEd.