Natalie Rubio began her career in education as a high school English teacher in Houston ISD. She continued as a school leader at a turnaround high school and later helped launch a ninth grade center and campus-based Discipline Alternative Education Placement (DAEP) program.
After serving in Houston ISD for seven years, Natalie was accepted to Houston A+’s Regional Principal Leadership Academy and spent three years as a school leader at YES Prep Southeast, where she focused on student support services, graduation capstone experiences, and Advanced Placement (AP) achievement. In 2012, she returned to Houston ISD to direct novice teacher development and certification for teachers, principals, educational diagnosticians, and counselors.
In 2017, she joined IDEA Public Schools as a Senior Vice President of Schools, where she has been managing a portfolio of twelve academy and college prep schools in San Antonio, Texas. Natalie currently serves as the Executive Director of IDEA Greater Houston.
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IDEA’s Title IX Coordinator is: Jessica Neyman, VP of Human Resources, 2115 W. Pike Blvd., Weslaco, Texas 78596, (956) 377-8000, titleixconcern@ideapublicschools.org.
As required by Title IX, IDEA Public Schools does not (and is required not to) discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs or activities. This non-discrimination requirement applies to admission to and employment with IDEA Public Schools. Inquiries into issues related to Title IX may be referred to IDEA’s Title IX Coordinator(s) (identified below), to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, or both.
IDEA Public Schools National Board Members: Collin Sewell – Chair, Ed Rivera – Treasurer, Ryan Vaughan – Secretary, Reba Cardenas McNair, David Earl, Erich Holmsten, Saam Zarrabi, Xenia Garza, Michael Adams, Gary Lindgren, Ovidio Vitas.