Dorenyse Diaz

Consultant

Dorenyse Diaz is an experienced educator and administrator whose is passionate about ensuring schools uphold their promises to students and families by providing an education that values the whole child.  Dorenyse grew up admiring her grandmother, a strong Nicaraguan school leader who served as a principal at the local community school in a small town in Nicaragua and her Tía Miriam, a fearless teacher who smuggled her students to Honduras to protect them during a time of war.   Dorenyse is committed to continuously “earning the position of working in the community,” as she never wants to take for granted the privilege of being a woman of color who gets to serve people of color in their own communities. Dorenyse’s commitment to cultivating women’s leadership has led her to co-found SELACo, a collective consisting of “woman of color working to dismantle the misconceptions society has created for women and to create a safe space for women to root for each other.”  As Assistant Principal at Camino Nuevo Charter School, Dorenyse integrates the community’s cultural wealth to ensure students are well-rounded, bi-literate and bi-cultural by the time they graduate.