Araceli Simeon

Executive Director

Parent Organization Network

 

Araceli Simeón is the Executive Director of the Parent Organization Network (PON). PON is composed of 13 members and together they lead projects to remove barriers that hinder family engagement or that strengthen the practice of family or community engagement in schools. Prior to PON, Araceli worked for a decade at MALDEF directing its National Parent School Partnership (PSP) program. Also, for five years she consulted for the Center for the Study of Social Policy, a contractor of First 5 LA to support its Best Start Program, a placed-based initiative in Los Angeles County to build supportive communities where children and families can thrive. She graduated from the California State Polytechnic University, at Pomona, with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and received her master’s degree in public policy from the University of Southern California.

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