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6 November 2019
New York Department
of Education
Director, Special Populations
K-12
Age: 34
Bio: Aguirre is an expert in
the field of public education
policy and programming. She
provides strategic direction to
grow non-profit and public or-
ganizations, policy initiatives,
and educational programs.
She has over twelve years' ex-
perience advocating for public
education, underserved po-
pulations and gender equity,
including an appointment in
the Obama Administration at
the U.S. Department of Edu-
cation. Currently, she is the
Director of K-12 Special Popu-
lations at the NYC Department
of Education's Office of Tea-
cher Recruitment and Quality,
the largest city school district
in the country. In this role, she
oversees policy and program
initiatives impacting teacher
recruitment for special edu-
cation, multilingual learning,
career and technical educa-
tion for NYC's 1,800 traditio-
nal public schools. Passionate
about paying it forward, she is
an active member of the NYC
Mujeres de HACE, a program
focused on supporting Lati-
nas succeed professionally
through professional develo-
pment and education mana-
gement. She holds a Master's
in Public Administration from
the Maxwell School of Citi-
zenship and Public Affairs
at Syracuse University and a
Bachelor's in Business Admi-
nistration from Notre Dame
de Namur. In her free time,
she loves to dance salsa, cook
and explore her new neighbor-
hood in NYC.
Education
is her answer
and passion
Carol Aguirre
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"G
round yourself on the
communities you represent
to own your seat the table, lead
under pressure and never give up!"
