Robert Medina is director of the English Learner Program at Sobrato Philanthropies, a family foundation in California’s Silicon Valley. He leads a team of program officers who partner with advocates, educators, students, families, and others to strengthen education policies and systems for English Learners in California public schools. Prior to joining Sobrato, Robert was a senior consultant at Education First, a national education strategy and policy consulting firm. In this role, he advised foundations, school districts, state agencies, and nonprofits on a broad range of education policy and practice issues, including college and career readiness, social and emotional learning, and English Learner policy. Previously, as senior program manager in The Aspen Institute’s Planning and Evaluation Program, he led evaluations of policy advocacy and awareness-building campaigns in the United States and internationally. He has published on the role of philanthropy in systems change, funder collaboration practices, trends in advocacy evaluation, and educational improvement strategies. Robert is an alumnus of Hispanics in Philanthropy’s Líderes Program and serves on the leadership team of the Bay Area Early Childhood Funders. He earned a master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Lima, Peru, Robert immigrated to the United States with his family when he was in fifth grade and was classified as an English Learner by his school district. He lives with his husband in Sacramento, California.