Allison Matamoros is a bilingual educator with 10 years of teaching experience in San Francisco Unified School District. She has taught grades 1 through 7 at Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8, a Spanish-English dual immersion school in the Mission District. Her work has focused on improving literacy outcomes and supporting multilingual learners.
Originally from the Chicagoland area, Allison is the daughter of Honduran immigrants and is deeply committed to public education as a tool for equity and empowerment. She holds a National Board Certification in Literacy and earned her teaching credential through Stanford’s Teacher Education Program.
Allison has led schoolwide efforts to strengthen foundational literacy in lower elementary grades. In upper elementary, she designed project-based units that empowered students to research community issues and present their solutions to local decision-makers. She has also mentored student teachers and helped lead successful community advocacy for long-overdue school renovations.
Now a Principal Leadership Institute candidate in Berkeley’s School of Education’s 25th cohort, Allison brings a decade of classroom experience and a vision for schools that are academically rigorous, culturally responsive, and rooted in community.
