Montgomery County Councilwoman Nancy Navarro, D-Eastern County, will join Colombian pop singer Shakira on President Obama’s advisory commission on Hispanic education, the White House announced Wednesday.
Head of the Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy committee, Navarro previously served on the county Board of Education.
Also named to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics Wednesday were Kent Scribner, superintendent of Phoenix’s Union High School District #210, and Adrián Pedroza, executive director of the grassroots, community-based activism organization Partnership for Community Action.
Navarro did not return requests for comment.
