Yolie Flores - LAUSD Board Vice President

Yolie Flores serves on the Board of Education for the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the nation.   A nationally-renowned and tireless advocate for children, Flores has dedicated her life to helping ensure that all kids grow up with opportunities to lead rich and fulfilling lives.

Serving the children and families of LAUSD District 5, Flores represents a diverse community of 115, 000 students at 116 schools, in a region that encompasses 14 localities.  The majority of these students lives among some of the poorer areas in the state and are predominantly English learners.

Flores’s agenda is to create a future where all students succeed, and where accountability is shared by administrators, teachers, parents, labor, business, and the community at large.  Her priorities include creating small, safe, personalized schools that serve as centers of the community; improving teacher quality; ensuring the success and transition of English Learner students; expanding and honoring the role of parents; and allowing access to vocational and college prep courses for all students.

Most recently, Flores served as CEO of the Los Angeles County Children’s Planning Council, the largest children’s partnership network in the United States.  In this capacity for almost a decade, Flores led an ambitious change agenda for children that included systems reform, community engagement, and policy efforts to improve conditions for children.  Previously, she was a senior consultant to the Annie E. Casey Foundation; the director of child care policy and planning for the City of Los Angeles; and the work/family director of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, a nationally acclaimed employer supported childcare program.

A former president of the Los Angeles County Board of Education, Flores also held the vice presidency of the Board of Directors of the Pediatric and Family Medical Center.  She served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee for the Evaluation of Children’s Health, and was a Mayoral appointee to the City of Los Angeles WIB Youth Advisory Council.

Flores received her B.A. from the University of Redlands and her master’s in social welfare from the University of California, Los Angeles.  She was a Coro City Focus Fellow, and a member of the inaugural class of the national Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship. Most recently, Flores participated in the US/South Africa Emerging Leaders Program, and was a member of the L.A. delegation to Tel Aviv, Israel with a focus on child welfare issues.