Ms. Alexandra C. Valladares was appointed by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to serve a partial term beginning July 6, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2025. Ms. Valladares is a double Eagle with a B.S. degree in chemistry, a minor in biology, and an M.S. degree in earth science.
On March 3, 2020, she became the first Latina elected to the Durham Public Schools Board of Education and was officially sworn into office on July 7, 2020. Currently, she is director of the Community Collaboration with East Coast Migrant Head Start, which involves leading a team that designs and coordinates agency-wide community assessments across ten states. She engages community members and stakeholders around the issues, priorities, and opportunities that matter to families.
She was sworn in on September 28, 2022.