Dr. Jacqueline Elliot is the co-founder of Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC Schools) and President & CEO of PUC National. She's been dedicated to school reform since 1986 when she became a public-school teacher in Pacoima. In 1999, she founded the first startup charter school in the San Fernando Valley, Community Charter Middle School, the first school in what grew to become the network of 14 PUC schools serving two high need communities in Los Angeles. Dr. Elliot is also the author of Passionate Warrior: My Charter School Journey, a memoir that chronicles her journey in public school reform.
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