Celine Liu

Celine Liu (she/ella/她) is the Multilingual Learner Instructional Specialist, Mathematics at ELSF. She leads the delivery of ELSF math content services, helping our clients solve problems in the design and implementation of high-quality instructional materials and strong instructional systems that lead to higher-quality outcomes for multilingual learners. Celine has been a math educator and leader for 25 years, from high school math teacher in general and special education classrooms to district and county administrator. She has led various formal and informal STEMM (STEM + Making) educator communities in California and New Jersey and was most recently Director of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Equity in the San Francisco Bay Area. She leverages her experience as a social worker and community organizer in all aspects of her work to transform public education.

Born in Taiwan, Celine survived public K-12 education as an immigrant English learner, and is committed to ensuring that all students thrive. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics and French from Macalester College, and a Masters in Social Work with a focus on Policy Practice from Columbia University School of Social Work. Celine currently lives on the lands of the Arapaho, Lipan Apache, Ute, and Cheyenne peoples (also known today as Denver) with her family.