Conoce tus Opciones Escolares: bridging the education gap for Hispanic families

The National School Choice Awareness Foundation launched Conoce tus Opciones Escolares in September 2022 to provide Spanish-speaking families with simple, practical, and useful information about K-12 education and school choice. The core of this work is the creation and sharing of school navigation resources for parents, which are always up-to-date, accurate, and objective. We distribute […]

Alissa Jacques

Manager, Digital Communications

Alissa Jacques serves as manager of digital communications at the National School Choice Awareness Foundation (NSCAF). In this role, Alissa oversees the organization’s English-language social media presence and develops high-impact advertising campaigns to inform, inspire, and empower parents about their K–12 education options.

Previously, Alissa owned her own digital marketing agency, served as an adjunct writing professor at Bloomfield College, and spent two years as an elementary school teacher at Democracy Preparatory Charter School in New York.

Alissa attended both public and private schools as a child, where she developed a love for creative writing. She holds a bachelor of arts in education policy and entrepreneurship from New York University, and a master of arts in sociology of education from Teachers College at Columbia University. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, scrolling through TikTok, and exploring NYC with her husband and cavapoo, Russ.