Sandra Espada-Santos
About
Sandra Espada-Santos co-leads the Puerto Rico Partnership to Engage Families in Data Use and the U.S. Virgin Islands Partnership to Strengthen the Early Childhood Workforce. She has been affiliated with the REL program since 2007.
Espada-Santos coordinates and supports the activities and services to both territories, including needs sensing, interacting and conducting meetings with state-level officials, policymakers, and members of education-related organizations, matching identifiable needs to actionable plans, supporting the implementation of established plans, evaluation of results, and development of plans to scaling and sustaining the efforts. She also supports REL researchers and other experts in conducting high quality research and technical assistance.
Espada-Santos has expertise in the areas of public policies in higher education; accreditation of postsecondary education institutions, management, and administration of state government entities; and governance of non-profit organizations. She is the principal of Sandra Espada-Santos (SES), Inc., a small business incorporated in Puerto Rico.
Email: saespada@gmail.com