Maria Jose Mares

Maria Jose Mares is an experienced operations manager currently serving at Legacy College Preparatory Charter School since July 2020, where responsibilities include managing school-wide communications and providing administrative support. Prior to this role, Maria Jose was the NYC Senior Program Associate at Generation Citizen from October 2018 to July 2020, focusing on recruiting and training educators and volunteers for action civics programming. Additionally, Maria Jose worked as a Career Counselor at the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation from October 2017 to September 2018, managing case services for SNAP Employment & Training candidates. Earlier experience includes an internship at UnidosUS, where administrative support was provided to the Northeast Regional Office. Maria Jose holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from Baruch College, earned from 2013 to 2017.