Leadership Team

Aldo Ramirez

Chief Executive Officer

Aldo A. Ramírez is a committed advocate for multilingual education, arts education, health and wellness for families, students, and staff, and college and career readiness for all students, with a strong commitment and focus on unduplicated children. He is the proud father of two children who received the Seal of Biliteracy and are currently pursuing undergraduate degrees in the arts, areas that they are passionate about. He is the proud husband of an amazing wife who supports him in advancing the educational outcomes of unduplicated students and their families.

Elizabeth Aguilar

Chief Academic Officer

Ms. Aguilar provides oversight of and ensures consistency within the instructional model, curriculum, assessments,and professional development across the Voices Network. She has the pleasure to lead the Academic Team at the central office (Academic Team Z!). Ms. Aguilar came to Voices after receiving her bachelor’s degree at Stanford University and masters degree in teaching at the University of Southern California. She was a teacher at Voices for five years before becoming the school’s first full-time instructional coach. She has served as the Chief Academic Officer since August 2015. Ms. Aguilar was originally drawn to Voices in 2009 because she saw herself in the

Marie Moore

Chief Growth and Community Engagement Officer

Marie came to Voices in 2015 after 8+ years in Santa Clara County schools and communities of faith doing community based and education organizing with PACT. As an experienced and successful organizer, Marie supports Voices to utilize the community organizing model to identify, connect and train parents to be community leaders that build collective power and become highly engaged in their schools and communities. Marie is responsible for planning and leading Voices strategic growth

Lizzette Ramirez

Chief Operations Officer

Mrs. Ramirez joined Voices in 2007 as the founding Business Manager and as a founding Voices parent. With Voices Founder and CEO Frances Teso, Mrs. Ramirez helped establish Voices and make it the excellent educational option that it is today. Using her years of knowledge and successful experience, she empowers Voices’ Human Resources and Operations Teams. Mrs. Ramirez is passionate about ensuring Voices is a safe learning environment for all students. Born in El Paso,

Deanna Flores

Chief Culture Officer of In Lak’Ech

As the Chief Culture Officer of In Lak’Ech of Voices College-Bound Language Academies, Ms. Flores is responsible for Network-wide Staff, Student and Parent/Guardian Culture and ensures consistency and alignment of Network Mission, Vision and Core Values. This includes oversight of Network-wide Character Education Professional Development. Ms. Flores also oversees behavior management for the general student population across the Network and is responsible for behavior management training, coaching and guidance to school-based Deans of Cultures and Parent Liaisons. In addition, Ms Flores oversees the Development and Communication Team as well as the Talent Team.