Rosa M. García serves as Executive Director of Community Learning Partnership (CLP) and California Youth Leadership Corps (CYLC), where she collaborates with state agencies, two-year and four-year public institutions, social justice organizations, and other community partners to expand community change career pathways for historically marginalized students in California and across the nation.

Prior to joining CLP, Rosa served as Director of Postsecondary Education and Workforce Development at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). At CLASP, she worked to promote policies to expand access to postsecondary opportunities and to increase economic security for historically marginalized students, including first-generation students living in poverty, educationally underprepared adults, students of color, and immigrants.

Prior to joining CLASP, Rosa worked to promote access, affordability, equity and diversity, and student success in higher education through her roles as a public servant and advocate at the federal, state, and local level. Her previous positions include Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director to a senior member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), Special Assistant/Legislative Aide to a County Councilmember in Montgomery County, Maryland and a gubernatorial appointment to the Maryland State Board of Education.

Rosa received a bachelor’s in History and Latin American Studies at Wesleyan University. She holds master’s degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University, UCLA, and Baruch College, CUNY. In 2015, she earned her Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Rosa has authored and co-authored numerous publications focused on advancing racial and economic justice in higher education and society.