Margie is the Managing Partner overseeing all of Education Forward DC’s grantmaking and grantee support work. Margie was drawn to the work at Education Forward DC because she believes deeply in supporting equity and opportunity for students and has seen the incredible potential of students across DC when they have access to excellent educational opportunities. Before joining Education Forward DC in 2018, Margie was the Director of Advocacy and Policy for Chiefs for Change where she supported a bipartisan coalition of state and local leaders working to drive transformational systems-level change for students. Previously, Margie served as Chief of Staff to the DC Deputy Mayor for Education. Margie started her career as a second-grade teacher with Teach for America at Simon Elementary in DC Public Schools (DCPS). Margie earned a BA summa cum laude in Psychology and Sociology from Tufts University and an MPP with honors from Harvard Kennedy School. Margie was born in Santiago, Chile and was raised in Maryland. She currently lives in the Palisades neighborhood of DC with her husband and three sons, two of whom attend Washington Latin Public Charter School Cooper Campus, and one attends Mann Elementary in DCPS.  Margie is an avid DC sports fan and can regularly be found attending Nats, Caps, or Wizards games with he