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Deborah Santiago, Vice President for Policy and Research, Excelencia in Education

Deborah A. Santiago, is the co-founder and Vice President for Policy and Research at Excelencia in Education and brings her extensive experience in education policy and research to the challenge of accelerating Latino student success.

Among her experiences, Santiago has worked in federal policy as an analyst at the Congressional Research Service and the U.S. Department of Education. She also worked with federal agencies to evaluate how their programs served Latinos and produced multiple reports on the status of Latinos in education as the Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. Her community work has included program design and implementation for the ASPIRA Association and translating data for community engagement as the Vice President for Research and Data at the Los Angeles Alliance for Student Achievement.

Her current research focuses on state and federal policy, accountability, program evaluation, and student success in higher education. Recent publications include, How Latino Students Pay for College: Patterns of Financial Aid, Modeling Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Campus Practices that Work for Latino Students, and The Condition of Latinos in Education: 2008 Factbook. Santiago serves on the editorial board of the Enrollment Management Journal and is a member of the Education Committee for the Public Education Network. She has degrees in economics, urban affairs, and studies in education policy.