Ryan Estrellado
Director Of Data Programs
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Estrellado is a data-driven education leader with over 20 years in public education and a decade focused on data programs, currently directing data initiatives for California's Cradle-to-Career System from San Diego. He blends deep special education expertise as a former school psychologist and SELPA administrator with advanced data science skills to translate complex education metrics into actionable policy and practice. A Strategic Data Project alumnus and two-time author on education data use, Ryan is known for storytelling, design thinking, and public speaking that make technical insights accessible to diverse stakeholders. He has a track record of building forecasting and compliance systems for statewide special education, reducing disproportionality, and coaching teams through data-informed change. An understated strength is his classroom-to-policy perspective—grounding analytics in lived school experience—which helps bridge operational realities and strategic decision-making.
10 years of coding experience
University of California, San DiegoM.S., Counseling, Specializing in School Psychology, M.S., Counseling, Specializing in School Psychology at San Diego State University
Github Skills (11)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
restrellado/listening_and_speaking
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:28 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
Data4Democracy/house_expenditures
Dec 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:44 commits, 30 PRs, 24 pushes in 11 months
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