Iona Popa

Iona Popa serves as the Associate Program Director for the Program for Educational Access, a leadership formation enterprise that advances policy to empower families and promote educational equity.

Iona earned her Master of Education degree from the ACE Teaching Fellows Program in 2016 while teaching English and Art History at Tampa Catholic High School. After graduating from ACE, Iona spent a year teaching at Scottsdale Preparatory Academy in AZ and then four years at her alma mater, The Thacher School, in Ojai, CA.

Iona graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2014 with a BA in the Program of Liberal Studies and is originally from San Francisco, CA.