Melissa Pena

Director of Student Services
Green Dot Public Schools California

Melissa Peña is the Director of Student Services for Green Dot Public Schools California where she co-leads work to reduce chronic absenteeism and leads programming to support students experiencing homelessness and youth in foster care. Prior to Green Dot, Melissa served as Managing Director of Career and Training at The Door, a youth development agency in NYC. Melissa also led diversity recruitment efforts at Teach For America. She started her career as a teacher in Newark, New Jersey. She holds an Ed.M from Harvard's Graduate School of Education and a B.A. in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara.

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Sessions

• Closing the Gap in Chronic Absenteeism for Our Black Scholars