Xilonin Cruz-Gonzalez
Xilonin Cruz-Gonzalez (she/her) is currently Deputy Director for Californians Together. In this role, Xilonin manages the organization’s policy and programs teams. She also guides and supports the organization’s growth and sustainability, including strategy development, fundraising, communications, networking and coalition building. Prior to her current role, she served as a project director and launched the “Support for Immigrant and Refugee Students” project, which focuses on developing resources and training for educators to better support immigrant Students. Xilonin has served on the Azusa Unified School District Board of Education for 21 years and currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the California School Boards Association. She has extensive experience in the development of local, state and federal education policy with a focus on connecting policy to successful local implementation.