Ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? The Aspiring Latino Leaders Fellowship connects mid-to senior-level education professionals with the resources, mentorship, and strategic development needed to accelerate their careers and shape the future of education.
Final deadline: May 23rd, 2025
Take Your Career to the Next Level
The Aspiring Latino Leaders Fellowship is a 9-month leadership development program designed to equip education professionals with the skills, network, and strategic insights needed to advance their careers and drive systemic change in education. Through a research-based curriculum and access to influential education leaders, Fellows gain the tools to expand their impact—ensuring students, families, and communities benefit from strong, effective leadership.
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Find Familia
Education can be a lonely career path for Latinx educators. The Fellowship connects you with a cohort in your backyard.
Culturally Affirming Curriculum
Understand and leverage your identity to develop professionally and increase your influence in education.
Accelerate Your Career
Programming designed to advance and empower your career to positively impact more students.
Join a Network of over 860 Education Leaders
Work alongside peers who share your commitment to student success, refine your leadership approach, and position yourself for greater influence in the education sector.
“One of the most rewarding experiences that allowed for the first time to be in community with Latino colleagues and show up automatically and affirm my Latinidad.”
“Latinos For Education has connected me to a community of Latino leaders passionate about seeing change in the education system for Latino youth. I have received high-level professional development and maintained life-long professional and personal relationships that I can lean on in my leadership.”
“I would recommend this to others, it was positive and also serves as a great reminder of why we need to be our genuine Latino selves and do the work that we do while giving a voice to our Latino communities and families.”
“It was one of the most rewarding professional experiences I have ever been part of. It was wonderful to meet amazing Latinx leaders around the state and share experiences, concerns, laugh and even cry together. My identity as a Latinx leader has been empowered by this amazing group of leaders and facilitators. I have learned how to use public narrative to start advocating and to continue to be the voice of our Latinx children and families.”
“The Latinos for Education fellowship gave me the practical skills, confidence, and network to help push my career in a new direction. I stepped fully into my identity as a Latinx woman and proudly lead by it.”
“It was a kind and purposeful experience for an educator and leader.”
Key Program Benefits
- Strengthen leadership competencies to influence policy, practice, and student outcomes.
- Expand your professional network with peers, mentors, and key decision-makers in education.
- Navigate the complex education landscape with research-backed frameworks and real-world case studies.
- Gain the confidence and expertise to take on higher leadership roles within your organization.
- Develop actionable strategies to improve educational experiences and outcomes for students and families.
Program Timeline
Kickoff Sessions: (In-Person)
- Houston:
Sat, Sept 6th - Massachusetts:
Sat, Sept 13th - Bay Area:
Sat, Sept 20th
Program Dates:
- Friday, October 3rd (In-Person)
- Friday, November 7th (In-Person)
- Friday, December 12th (Virtual)
- Friday, Jan 9th (Virtual)
- Friday, Feb 6th (In-Person)
- Friday, March 6th (In-Person)
- Friday, April 10th (Virtual)
- Friday, May 1st (In-Person)
Applicant Profile
We’re looking for visionary leaders with:
A strong professional background
- At least 8 years of professional experience.
- Currently in a mid-to-senior level leadership position at an education organization, such as a school district, charter management organization, or education nonprofit. We also encourage applicants in education policy, higher education, edtech, and local education agencies to apply.
- Professionals leading a team or working with a significant percentage of Latino students and/or staff are also strongly invited to apply.
The personal drive to lead change
- Committed to education equity at both a local and national level.
- Eager to learn, grow, and expand their leadership influence.
- Embodies the core values of Latinos for Education.
- Open to new ideas and diverse perspectives in education leadership.
Program Fees and Scholarships
Fellows pay an individual fee of $300 to participate in the program, which is due when Fellows accept their offer to participate in the Fellowship. This fee is a reduced rate considering the cost of the program is $7,000 per person to cover trainings, retreats, and materials. The remainder of the cost is subsidized through organizational partners that pay $2,500 per Fellow and through scholarship support.
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Latinos for Education is committed to fostering an environment where everyone is welcomed and valued. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic.