Teach for America: Changing the Public School Systems

Candelario Cervantez (he, him, his, él) is a business executive who opens educational opportunities to historically underrepresented and underserved communities and a champion for educational equity and excellence. Candelario is also a strong advocate of the promotion and advancement of diverse leaders in all industries. Currently, he is the Head of the National Latinx Alliances on the National Public Partnerships and Government Affairs Team at Teach For America. Teach For America’s mission is to enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence. At Teach For America he also serves on the Latinx Advisory Council. The Council analyzes organizational data through the Latinx perspective with the intention of understanding, communicating current reality of the Latinx community in the organization. He is currently the President Emeritus of Prospanica, formally the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, Dallas-Fort Worth board. The board focuses on the advancement of Latinxs to executive-level positions across all industries. He is also currently serving on the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Houston Advisory Council which focuses on empowering Latinx families with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete a higher education, while providing scholarships and support services to as many exceptional Latinx American students as possible.