Elena Luna

• Interim Principal

Ms. Luna is the new Interim Principal at ACE. She comes to ACE after serving as a national award-winning teacher and Principal at KIPP Adelante, a charter middle school in San Diego. Under Ms. Luna's leadership, KIPP Adelante was awarded a National Excellence in Urban Education Award. Ms. Luna's particular areas of expertise are academic program development for English Learners and teacher training, with an emphasis on best practices in language and reading development.

Ms. Luna received her BA in Social Work from San Diego State University and her MA in Social Sciences in Education from Stanford University.