Melissa Lazarín
Melissa Lazarín is Senior Advisor for State Early Childhood and K-12 Policy at the Migration Policy Institute. Over the last two decades, she served as Managing Director of K-12 education policy at the Center for American Progress; Director of Education Policy at First Focus; and Associate Director of Education Policy at UnidosUS. Her areas of expertise include education advocacy and policy development; testing, standards, and accountability; and education issues facing English Learners, Latinos, and immigrants. Lazarín holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.