In her current role, Gabriela writes and edits a variety of content — including, but not limited to, blogs, newsletters, op-eds, articles, reports, and speeches. Prior to joining Ed Trust, she was the communications manager at UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization, where she worked on issues ranging from ESSA, college access, and student debt to immigration, healthcare, and the U.S. Census. Before that, she spent nearly two decades as a reporter and editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education, where she helped develop and launch an online career-news-and-advice hub for young academics and covered diversity, equity, and labor issues in academe.
Superpower
Snark
Weakness
Dark chocolate
Favorite Sports Team
U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team
What drew you to education?
My parents taught me that education and opportunity go hand in hand. And I was fortunate to have teachers who valued intellectual exploration and helped me to find and develop my own interests, but I’m acutely aware that not everyone is so lucky.
Why are you passionate about working at Ed Trust?
Our country is built on the promise that everyone deserves an equal opportunity to succeed and that education is the surest means of getting ahead. But educational access and resources must be evenly distributed for that to promise to come true. That’s where Ed Trust comes in.
Author Archives
Why Education Equity is So Important, Right Now
Recently, we’ve seen a fierce backlash against education equity — including a ban on affirmative action in college admissions and a rolling back of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs…
INFOGRAPHIC: The Nepo Babies of Higher Ed
College admissions have never been a level playing field. But, contrary to the current political rhetoric, when it comes to which factor gives applicants a bigger leg up at top…
Bright Spots: How 2 Universities Built a Diverse Student Body
Nationally, public flagship universities continue to profess support for diversity, but their enrollments tell a different story. In fact, many enroll a smaller proportion of Black students today than they…
Getting To & Through College: Notes From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Getting to and through college is challenging enough in normal times. Enter the COVID-19 pandemic, which is making things harder for everyone, particularly for some first-generation students who were already…
Getting To & Through College: The Benefits of Taking Advanced Coursework
Colleges are the pipeline to good jobs and the middle class, yet for many students of color and students from low-income backgrounds, a higher education degree remains out of reach.…
Getting To & Through College: “If It’s Not Paid For, I’m Not Going”
Meet Sancia Celestin, a senior at George Mason University. Raised by her mother, a Haitian immigrant who works 12-hour shifts as a nursing assistant to support her two kids, Sancia…
Getting To & Through College: Joscelyn Guzman
More Latinos are going to college than ever before, but as Joscelyn Guzman, a first-generation Mexican-American learned firsthand, getting there is the first of many hurdles on the road to…
Getting To & Through College: Tiffany Jones
In the first installment of our new series, an African American, first-generation college graduate recalls the struggles of going to and paying for college while pursuing a Ph.D. A recent…
The Incredible Whiteness of Higher Education
While the U.S. becomes less White, and Black and Latino segments of the population rapidly expand, state economies are increasingly relying on a well-educated, diverse workforce to fuel growth —…