Dr. Tracie Noriega
Dr. Tracie Noriega is a second-generation Pinay, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Educator. She has served as a Teacher, Principal, Director, and Assistant Superintendent. She is the Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Professional Learning for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), supporting critically conscious leaders. She is also the Executive Director of the Filipino American Educators Association of CA (FAEAC) and a faculty member with the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (LESMCC). Her dissertation research focused on supporting school leaders implementing Ethnic Studies programs, thus creating the Ethnic Studies Leadership Praxis framework.
Education became her route as she was inspired by her teachers who supported her as a teen mom struggling to balance motherhood and school. She credits her Ethnic Studies professors for helping her to understand and vocalize her experiences as the daughter of Filipino immigrants. It is the Guiding Principles of Ethnic Studies that continue to keep her centered. The Youth continue to inspire her as she works to create lasting change in our educational system.