Edgar Grajeda is a 2026-2027 Teach Plus California Policy Fellow. He is a bilingual elementary arts educator, teaching dance through the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Arts Education Branch in Los Angeles. Edgar focuses on culturally responsive arts education and language development to support multilingual learners and advance educational equity in historically underserved communities. Previously, he taught elementary visual arts in Washington, DC, and served as a Fulbright Taiwan Teaching English as a Foreign Language Teacher Trainer. Edgar is an EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellow (2024-2025), Teach For America alumnus, and Promoting Representation and Excellence in Postdoctoral Preparation and Education Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. He earned a BA in Chicano and Latino studies and philosophy from California State University, Long Beach, MA in educational studies from Loyola Marymount University, and MPM from Georgetown University.
