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Maricela Guerrero is the California Executive Director. Maricela leads our Bay Area Region – overseeing all aspects of our 13 California schools. Maricela was a founding teacher at the first Rocketship school that opened in 2007 and has served as principal at two Rocketship schools in San Jose. Under her leadership, Rocketship’s California schools routinely rank in the top 10% in the state in both math and English Language Arts performance among all districts and charter networks serving a similar student population. Guerrero’s focus on teachers, leaders, and parent engagement continues to push Rocketship to new heights of success.

A daughter of Mexican immigrants, Guerrero first discovered the inequity of education as a student in south central Los Angeles. Zoned to a failing school, her talent as a musician earned her a spot at a high-performing public school across the city. Her steadfast belief that students shouldn’t have to leave their neighborhood to access a quality public education led her to become a teacher in 2001 in the Alum Rock Unified School District. She then joined Preston Smith as part of the founding team at L.U.C.H.A. In 2007, Guerrero and Smith launched Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary, the first campus of Rocketship Public Schools.

Maricela nhận bằng Cử nhân Nghệ thuật về Nghiên cứu Mỹ Latinh với chuyên ngành phụ là giáo dục từ Đại học California, Santa Cruz và bằng Thạc sĩ Giáo dục từ Đại học Phoenix. Sau khi tốt nghiệp đại học, Maricela giữ chức giám đốc điều hành của Hội Hướng đạo sinh Bán đảo Bay Area – một vai trò càng làm lộ rõ hơn sự bất bình đẳng sâu sắc ở Bay Area và tình trạng thiếu cơ hội cho học sinh da màu ở California.