Making Waves Education Foundation
Dr. Kristina Wright serves as the Vice President of Student Success at Making Waves Education Foundation since June 2022, focusing on program improvement to enhance student outcomes and success in college and careers, overseeing a significant college and career success program for approximately 500 students annually. Additionally, Dr. Wright co-founded Giving the Wright Way, a family foundation dedicated to providing community opportunities. Previous roles include Director of Learning and Design at Making Waves Education Foundation, Freshmen Admissions Reader at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Strategic Initiatives Leader at Making Waves College and Alumni Program, among others. Dr. Wright holds a Doctor of Education degree in Organizational Change and Leadership from USC Rossier School of Education and several other advanced degrees in educational leadership and liberal studies.
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Making Waves Education Foundation
At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 500 college students. Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning. Our alumni network includes more than 600 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 84% graduating debt-free.