Alejandra Vázquez Baur

Affiliation

The Century Foundation

Biography

Alejandra Vázquez Baur is a Fellow at The Century Foundation, where she leads TCF's newcomer and school integration portfolios. In 2022, she co-founded the National Newcomer Network, a coalition that brings together nearly 400 educators, researchers, and advocates in 44 states who are invested in developing systemic solutions to address newcomer student inequity in K-12 schools. An inaugural Obama USA Leader, a Deeper Learning Equity Fellow, and former teacher, her work has been featured in several media outlets, including Chalkbeat, the 74 Million, Education Week, NPR, Axios, the Guardian, and POLITICO. Alejandra is a proud granddaughter of Mexican farmworkers and holds degrees from Claremont McKenna College and Columbia University.