Mark Salinas
Managing Director, Center for Equity Leadership
msalinas (at) nationalequityproject.org
Mark has worked for the National Equity Project since 2002. He provides facilitative and instructional leadership coaching, as well as professional development to district leaders, principals, teacher leaders and teams. Mark was born and raised in San Francisco, and attended San Francisco public schools. He received his B.A. from San Francisco State University in African American Studies, as well as his Teaching Credential. Prior to joining the National Equity Project, Mark helped start a new high school in San Francisco where he taught and coordinated grade level teams, as well as a variety of student leadership groups. In the mid-90’s, Mark taught one of four pilot Academic Literacy courses that became the foundational work for the nationally recognized Reading Apprenticeship framework for the Strategic Literacy Initiative (SLI).
Mark has a passion for working with students furthest from opportunity, and has spent several summers leading intervention programs for middle school students in New Orleans, Berkeley, CA, and San Rafael, CA. Mark is a proud parent of two young boys and a self-described “family guy.”