Gloria Corral

Gloria Corral is the President & CEO of the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE). Her passion for K-12 and higher education spans more than 20 years and includes work at the U.S. Department of Education, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Her expertise in education policy along with her extensive knowledge of system integration is both from developing policy and implementing programs that have been informed by years of working with state departments of education, local and state non-profits, advocacy organizations and large school districts. Corral previously served as the Assistant Executive Director at First 5 San Diego where she led San Diego County’s Quality Early Learning efforts for the First 5 San Diego Commission along with other key initiatives for children 0-5 and their families. She has been working in early learning for the past 15 years in policy, program and advocacy.

Corral holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego and a master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of California Berkeley. She is the parent of two vivacious boys, Diego Emilio 8 and Gael Antonio 5, who test her knowledge of early learning every day and maintain her passion for improving access to quality education for all children.