Christine Magume

Associate, National and State Partnerships

Christine Magume is an associate for the National and State Partnership team. Her responsibilities range from project management to stakeholder engagement. Her overarching role is to assist in curating advocacy strategies that helps carry the voices of students, parents, government officials, and others who strive to advocate for education equity.

Prior to joining Ed Trust, Christine was a high school English teacher in Miami. After teaching for a few years, Christine became a LEE Policy Fellow, where she worked on local and state advocacy for the fiscal and developmental expansion of early college programs throughout the state of Massachusetts.

Christine graduated from the University of Virginia (UVA), where she received her B.A. in both African and African American Studies as well as Foreign Affairs.

Superpower:
Having the ability to remember all the little things that make a person feel whole. My friends call me, “the great active remember-er.”

Favorite Sports Team:
The UVA Cavaliers #GoHoos

What drew you to education?
By joining Teach for America in Miami, I got to see how pivotal education was in terms of opportunity. While I felt I taught my students well, they gave me 10 times over what I was able to provide them. A way in which to continue to give back to my students, I wanted to work on the policy side of education. By working in policy, I feel that I can further ensure that Black first-generation students like me could have access to every opportunity that education has to offer.