José Muñoz serves as the Director of the Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL). Muñoz united the country calling for 25,000 Community Schools as a strategy to transform public schools as centers of their community where everyone belongs, works together, and thrives. Community Schools now have bipartisan support leveraging the strategy to unite schools, families, and communities around better outcomes for young people.  José brings over 25 years’ experience of system building at the intersections of out of school time, juvenile justice reform, education, and employment for the well-being and prosperity of youth and families.