Community Organizer, Educator & Leader
Listening . Building . Making Change
About Shadia Alvarez
Shadia brings with her 25+ years of experience as a community organizer, educator and leader. She has worked in both public and higher education, and holds a B.A from Antioch College and an Ed.M in Organization and Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Dynamic, performance-focused, and seasoned educational leader, offering more than 15 years of experience in teaching and mentorship, administrative support, and public relations.
Armed with strong interpersonal skills in establishing strong working partnerships with students, teachers, and the staff. Highly effective professional with well-defined entrepreneurial acumen and well-honed management, decision-making, analytical, technical, communication, and problem-solving aptitudes. Commended for ensuring the quality, effectiveness, and integrity of all educational programs. Committed to driving student excellence; implementing systems focus on individualizing education; and guaranteeing continuous school improvement at all levels of public education.
Working for Collective Impact
Shadia possesses a tireless work ethic and a passion for antiracism and progressive education.
We Know Shadia!
“In our experience, Shadia Alvarez has a gift for helping to frame issues in a way that facilitates productive discussion, problem-solving, and decision-making. She shows great sensitivity to the needs and perspectives of the College’s multiple constituencies — our students, professors, staff, alumni, and external partners. When we deal with conflicting issues, we benefit regularly from her great gift for listening.”
— Tom Manley, Robert Holister, Malta Von Matthiessen, Antioch College, November 13, 2018
“I want to thank you for our time together during the year and one half you served as my assistant principal; for the tireless hours, we spent leading a successful school to even greater success. Although your background and experience were completely unlike my own, we meshed. I recall the wonderful days and nights (yes, many of those too) we spent developing plans to meet the needs of all levels of CIMS students. ”
— Estelle Hans, Founder-Principal, Collegiate Institute for Math and Science, June 2014
“Even before you entered the position of principal, you pushed me to be innovative within the confines of my classroom. I particularly recall a time when you participated in mock group interviews during a unit on the college entrance process, making time in your day to challenge my students with difficult questions and demonstrating for them the friendly professionalism with which you always conducted yourself.”
— John Hesse, Staff Developer, June 2014
“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”
— Brené Brown