Making Waves Education Foundation
Aiyana Mourtos currently serves as the Chief Program Officer at Making Waves Education Foundation since September 2021, having previously held roles as Vice President of Impact. Aiyana has extensive experience in educational leadership, including positions such as Chief of Staff to the Chancellor and Deputy Chief of Strategic Initiatives at District of Columbia Public Schools from March 2017 to April 2021. Prior roles include Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Office of the Chancellor, involvement in the Superintendent’s Office at Oakland Unified School District, and roles in education research and teaching across various organizations, including Newark Public Schools and New York University. Aiyana holds a Master of Arts in Education and Social Policy from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from The Johns Hopkins University.
This person is not in any teams
This person is not in any offices
Making Waves Education Foundation
At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 500 college students. Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning. Our alumni network includes more than 600 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 84% graduating debt-free.