Scholar Profile

Alma Zepeda

Elementary Education

Biography

Alma received her bachelor's degree in American Studies from Yale in the spring of 2012, where she was heavily involved in La Casa Cultural, a Latino organization on campus. In the fall of 2012, she began a two year commitment with Teach for America, where she was placed at a Burbank Elementary School in Houston, Texas. Following her completion of a masters degree in elementary education from Johns Hopkins, Alma returned to Los Angeles where she worked as Director of Operations at Libertas College Preparatory Charter School. As a Consortium Fellow, Alma completed her MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

High school:  Alexander Hamilton High School

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