Melanie Leung is a Research and Policy Associate on the Educator Quality and Equitable Resources and Access teams at LPI, where she works with quantitative data to understand inequities in education and find policy strategies to address them. Read more >
Stephanie Levin is a member of LPI’s Equitable Resources and Access team where she is working to translate research on school finance and resource allocation to inform practice and policy. Read more >
Monica Martinez provides strategic direction and support for multiple initiatives across LPI, most specifically focused on performance assessment. Martinez has spent her career focused on addressing college success from both the higher education level and the k–12 level.
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Barbara McKenna is the Director of Strategic Communications. She oversees outreach relations for LPI, communicating LPI’s news to media and the public and serving as a resource for members of the press looking for research to inform education news of the day. Read more >
Hanna Melnick co-leads LPI's Early Childhood Learning team. Her work centers on policies that can improve early learning systems in California and other states, particularly preparing a high-quality, diverse educator workforce. Read more >
Samentha “Sam” Moore is the Virtual Events Manager at the Learning Policy Institute (LPI). In this role, Moore works directly with research and policy experts, content producers, and partners to plan, produce, and execute virtual events for national audiences. Read more >
Naomi Ondrasek serves as a Sacramento-based policy advisor and senior researcher for the Learning Policy Institute. She previously worked on the California Assembly Education Committee, where she served as a California Council on Science and Technology science fellow. Read more >
Angela Papa is the Accounting Assistant responsible for the accounts payable cycle. She also supports the finance and operations team with administrative support and ad-hoc projects. Papa has more than fifteen years of experience in the field of accounting and finance. Read more >
Sara Plasencia is a member of LPI’s Early Childhood Learning and Deeper Learning teams. Prior to joining LPI, she worked at The Education Trust as a graduate fellow on the National and State Partnerships team. Read more >
