As the Strategic and Policy Communications Manager, Ashley Álvarez intersects Home Grown’s communications strategies and policy efforts, while grounding priorities in the lived experiences of child care providers. Álvarez brings a range of experience in California-based and national government and nonprofit organizations, with particular focus in early childhood and K-12 education policy. Most recently, Álvarez was a Fellow with New America, a think tank in Washington, D.C., and a Policy Analyst with a Los Angeles-based nonprofit.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Álvarez earned her M.Ed. in Education Policy and Analysis with a concentration in Early Childhood at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She earned her B.A. in Sociology and Educational Studies at Harvard College.