Alicia Espinoza

Data-Informed Leadership for Equity (DILE), Iowa
Alicia Espinoza, MA, is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR and co-director for DILE. Espinoza brings over 20 years of experience as a teacher, teacher leader, and director. Her last 15 years have been focused on leading teams through comprehensive school improvement efforts. Her expertise lies in providing professional learning and coaching to teacher leaders, school and district administrators, and state leaders in the implementation of evidence-based practices in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, designed to meet the needs of historically marginalized student populations. She has served as the project lead for the Iowa Equitable Instruction Project under the Region 9 Comprehensive Center. In this role, she helped to build the Iowa Department of Education’s capacity to support districts as they implement, monitor, and continuously improve equitable instructional practices to support increased student achievement for historically underperforming students. She is presently serving as the project director for the federally funded Region 1 Equity Assistance Center. She oversees a diverse portfolio of projects that work to ensure that public schools are equipped to educate all learners to high academic standards and outcomes regardless of race, sex, religion, national origin, or socioeconomic status.