Laura Lara-Brady is a Senior Project Manager with the Postsecondary Pathways and Career Development team in Economic Mobility, Postsecondary, and Workforce Systems.
Lara-Brady focuses on building intentional student and community-centered higher education systems. She also works alongside partners and organizations to amplify and align their efforts to create meaningful and sustainable change that supports the needs of marginalized communities.
Previously, Lara-Brady supported the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. In that role, she established a model for a statewide approach to Guided Pathways implementation that is being implemented by 17 coordinators to support all 116 colleges. Her work has been highlighted and replicated across California, and she has presented at numerous conferences across the country.
Lara-Brady holds a PhD from the University of Northern Colorado in educational psychology with two minors: research and statistics, and special education.