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Daisy Gonzales

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Daisy Gonzales
Chancellor of California Community Colleges
Interim
Assumed office
August 2022
Preceded byEloy Ortiz Oakley
Personal details
BornLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materLos Angeles Valley College
Mills College at Northeastern University
University of California, Santa Barbara

Daisy Angelica Gonzales is an American academic administrator serving as the interim chancellor of California Community Colleges since August 2022. She was the deputy chancellor from 2018 to 2022.

Life

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Gonzales was born in Los Angeles to an immigrant family.[1] From the age of two, she was raised primarily in foster care.[1][2] She was reunified with her parents on three occasions, ultimately leaving them for the last time at the age of 13.[3] By 17, she was emancipated.[2] Gonzales was taken in by her high school chemistry teacher, Patricia Barker, who encouraged her academic pursuits.[2] She attended Los Angeles Valley College.[1] She graduated from Mills College at Northeastern University with a bachelor's degree in public policy.[1][3] Gonzales completed a master's degree and Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] Her 2016 dissertation was titled, Elected Bodies: The Maintenance of Occupational Sex Segregation in Elected Office.[4] Sociologist Beth Schneider was her doctoral advisor.[4]

Gonzales was a third-grade teacher in a dual-immersion program.[1] She worked as a budget consultant for the budget committee of the California State Assembly.[5] She also served as a principal consultant to its appropriations committee.[5] She was the associate director of the Policy Analysis for California Education.[5]

From 2018 to 2022, Gonzales served as the deputy chancellor of the California Community Colleges (CCC).[5] She was the acting chancellor from July to November 2021 while Eloy Ortiz Oakley took a sabbatical.[2] In August 2022, she succeeded Oakley as the interim chancellor.[2][6] She is the first Latina and the second woman after Diane Woodruff to serve in CCC chancellor position.[1][2] Sonya Christian was hired to succeed Gonzales in June 2023.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Miranda, Mathew (January 25, 2023). "Top 25 Latino Change Makers". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 2023-05-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Smith, Ashley A. (August 11, 2021). "How Daisy Gonzales went from foster care to the top of the nation's largest system of higher education". EdSource. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  3. ^ a b Mendoza, Sylvia (March 2022). "Deputy Chancellor Dr. Daisy Gonzales". Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  4. ^ a b Gonzales, Daisy Angelica (2016). Elected Bodies: The Maintenance of Occupational Sex Segregation in Elected Office (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, Santa Barbara.
  5. ^ a b c d "Meet the Chancellor | California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office". www.cccco.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  6. ^ Burke, Michael (August 4, 2022). "Daisy Gonzales named interim chancellor of California Community Colleges". EdSource. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  7. ^ Asimov, Nanette (2023-02-23). "California community college system names new female, South Asian chancellor". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-05-14.