Superintendent of Forest Park School District 91
Dr. Elizabeth Alvarez was born and raised in the Southwest side of Chicago. She is a first generation Mexican and first-generation college graduate. She received her B.A. at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Education. She continued with her education in completing two masters and a Ph.D. through the University of Illinois at Chicago. She taught for 13 years teaching upper grade Science and 8 years as an administrator, 5 years in district leadership and currently superintendent of Forest Park, Illinois District 91. She is a founding board member of the Latino Leadership Pipeline that coaches and supports Latino leaders as they work to become future leaders in education and president of Illinois ALAS. As a leader, she encourages staff, community and students to achieve greatness in all they do and take pride in their school climate and culture. More importantly, she aims to instill a sense of belonging with a developed understanding of social emotional learning driven to make schools safe learning environments so that learning is at the forefront and increased student achievement is inevitable.
