Gabriela López

Gabriela López has 10-plus years of teaching experience and a master's in education. She has a range of work from early education to graduate level and experience as a paraprofessional assistant, art instructor, bilingual classroom teacher, teacher's union representative, student mentor, prison educator, teacher supervisor, adjunct professor, and school board commissioner. Elected to the San Francisco Board of Education at 28, she is the younger woman ever elected and was president for two terms during her tenure.

Gabriela is now a Ph.D. in Education candidate at Stanford University in the Race, Inequality, and Language in Education (RILE) and Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (CTE) programs. She is the Op-eds Editor for the Public Scholarship Collaborative and the Senior Co-Director of the annual student-led research conference SWAYWO at the Graduate School of Education. Her research interests lies in exposing racial harm in educational institutions and advocating for systemic changes to support marginalized communities.

Gabriela is also a new mom to a wonderful baby girl.