Kaaren Andrews

Kaaren Andrews joined Stand for Children in April of 2019 as the Washington State Director for the Center for High School Success. She has long admired Stand’s commitment to fearless advocacy for children and families, and she is excited about joining forces to take the high school program to scale in Washington.

Over the past 20 years, Kaaren has worked as a leader in public schools in Washington and California to address systemic and structural inequities that continue to negatively impact the most vulnerable youth. She’s served as a principal for five schools, serving students from preschool through 12th grade. While recognizing the structural challenges of meeting the diverse needs of individuals, particularly those impacted by institutional racism, poverty, and inequitable access to opportunity in our communities, she maintains a firm belief in our public schools as the central ecosystem most capable of promoting broad social change through thoughtful assessment, provision, and monitoring of intentional and intensive academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and vocational support.