Vanessa Murrieta

Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Vanessa Murrieta is a Program Officer on the US Charters team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she makes investments that aim to improve outcomes for students with disabilities who are Black, Latinx, or impacted by poverty. Prior to this role, her work at the foundation focused on teacher leadership that supports standards-aligned instruction. Murrieta started her career as a secondary special education teacher in traditional and charter public schools in Los Angeles. She received a B.A. in Global & International Studies, Sociology from UC Santa Barbara and an M.A. in Special Education from Loyola Marymount University.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-murrieta-61020978

Sessions

• Improving at the Margins: Empowering Students with Disabilities