Dr. Maggie Marcus is an education equity leader dedicated to expanding opportunities for multilingual learners. Her commitment began in the classroom, where she saw talented students struggle without the support they needed—a moment that inspired her career-long focus on transforming educational systems.

Maggie serves as Executive Director of the Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation, where she leads initiatives that strengthen educational equity, empower bilingual teachers, and build partnerships that expand opportunity for underserved students. Maggie teaches as an adjunct professor in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. She also is a fellow at The Century Foundation, where she writes about English learners.

Driven by the belief that every student deserves to thrive in an equitable and inclusive environment, Maggie works to remove systemic barriers, uplift communities, and spark innovation across the education landscape. Maggie holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and Language Education from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from The Fletcher School at Tufts University. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish from Skidmore College. She began her career as a 9th-grade Spanish teacher in Puerto Rico, where she earned her teaching certification in secondary Spanish from Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. She also taught as an elementary dual-language teacher in DCPS and was an instructional coach at a DC dual-language charter school.

She lives in Chevy Chase with her husband, her three bilingual daughters, and a menagerie of pets.