Elena Aguilar is a teacher, coach, and consultant with more than 20 years of experience working in schools. She has taught Grades 2–10 and has a particular love for middle school students. She has been an instructional coach, a leadership coach, and a central office administrator.

Elena is the founder of Elena Aguilar Consulting (www.elenaaguilar.com). She and her associates facilitate professional development for coaches, teachers, and administrators in public, charter, and private schools across the United States. Elena also consults with districts that are developing a coaching program and with leaders engaging in transformational change. She continues to coach school leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Elena is also the author of The Art of Coaching Teams: Building Resilient Communities that Transform Schools (Jossey-Bass, 2016). She has been a frequent writer for Edutopia since 2008 and writes a blog on EdWeek Teacher for coaches. Elena lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and son.