How Daisy Gonzalez went from foster care to the top of the nation's largest system of higher education [edsource.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 8/12/215:24 PM

By Ashley A. Smith, EdSource, August 11, 2021

Just who is Daisy Gonzales, California’s new acting community colleges chancellor? Her journey, which she describes as an “incredible story,” may resonate with many of the system’s 2 million students.

“I became aware that I was in foster care at the age of 4” she said. As a child, Gonzales grew up in a variety of places including group homes, child care facilities, and even with relatives.

As she made her way, earning a Ph.D. and serving the last four years as deputy chancellor of the system, Gonzales has proudly worn her foster care identity as a “badge of honor.”

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