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More Than a Monolith

9: Advocacy, Affinity Spaces and Advancement in Education with Dr. Diann Kitamura

March 28, 2023 • CAAPLE

Our guest today is Dr. Diann Kitamura. Diann is the former superintendent of Santa Rosa City Schools and has worked in public education for the past 40 years. She continues this work in her retirement as a lecturer in the Leaders for Equity and Democracy program at U.C. Berkeley, the 21CLSA AAPI Affinity Group Lead for the Bay Area, and a mentor/coach for Next Level Client Services with F3 Law. Diann is also a board member for CAAPLE, the California Association of Asian and Pacific Leaders in Education. In our conversation, we discuss advocacy, affinity spaces and advancement for AAPI educators.

This episode is sponsored by the amazing team at Parsec Education. Parsec combines cloud based data warehouses with outstanding visualization to make data meaningful and interactive. Check them out at parseceducation.com.