Anastasia Magaña

Anastasia is a Manager at Empower Schools based in California where she works to advance early college and career pathway innovation strategies, while also supporting the emerging growth happening across the state.

Before joining Empower Schools, Anastasia worked at the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, an education non-profit that directly serves 13,550 students at 20 of the most historically underserved schools in LA Unified, including elementary, middle, and high schools in Boyle Heights, South LA, and Watts. Anastasia’s dedication and commitment to public education programs began as a Student Peer Advisor at the University of California Santa Cruz and then in the classroom as a Cultural Ambassador for the Spanish Ministry of Education in Spain.

Anastasia holds a B.A. in World Literature & Cultural Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz and is fluent in both English and Spanish.