Dr. Reyes is an unapologetic Latina, Mexicana, Chicana educator, executive leader, community change agent, and innovator. With over a decade of extensive experience, Dr. Reyes has worked closely with various multisector partnerships. She brings many proven facilitation skills and leadership in developing community and school partnerships, strategic, systemic change planning, organizational capacity-building, evaluation and assessment, and the innovative design of new programs driven by outcome-based change and inclusive practices and policies resulting in transformational impact. bel has also presented as an invited speaker at various national conferences and her leadership has contributed to several notable local, statewide, and national efforts, including, My Brother’s Keeper Sacramento, Black Child Legacy Campaign, and Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools®, to name a few. Dr. Reyes was recognized with the Seeding Improvements in Educational Policy award and recognized by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen with the District 10’s Women of Distinction award.

Dr. Reyes is a Co-Founder of ELITE Public Schools and Co-Founder of Centro Temazcal, an experiential healing center. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Innovation Bridge in Sacramento, CA, whose goal is to deliver high-quality technical assistance support that bridges innovative practices and collaborative partnerships for more just and equitable communities and schools. Dr. Reyes previously served as the Program Director of Community School Partnerships for the UC Davis School of Education. Born to immigrant parents from Guanajuato, México, and a mother herself, bel values the contributions that culture, language, and identity have on education and community.

bel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies at California State University, Sacramento, with a concentration in Chican@ Studies. She earned a Doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California, School of Education Rossier program in Organizational Change and Leadership.