Leadership, Justice, and Confronting Educational Inequities
Maripaz Berlin, an educator in her 21st year, helps lead CTA Community Schools work in Region 1. She has served as president and in other leadership roles at Oak Grove Educators Assn. Berlin also served as Santa Clara Service Center chair and Women’s Advocacy coordinator on the Equity Squad. She was a delegate to State Council and NEA RA for several years. An alumna of CTA’s Ethnic Member Early Identification & Development program, Berlin received OGEA’s WHO (We Honor Ours) Award in 2018 and the State WHO Award in 2023. She co-authored resolutions on LGBTQ+ rights and a denouncement of hate crimes and bigotry against AAPI peoples for her school district.
Fun fact: Berlin enjoys visiting national parks and once hiked Half Dome in Yosemite.
Contacting Maripaz Berlin
California Teachers Association, P.O. Box 921
1705 Murchison Drive
Burlingame, CA 94011-0921
