Diana Bruce

About Diana Bruce

Diana Bruce (she/her) is a nationally recognized leader who works at the intersection of health and education equity. She advises schools and youth-serving organizations on COVID-19, transgender accommodations, bias reduction, sex education and school-based health care, and brings her clients 25+ years experience and expertise in the field. — Diana Bruce is a nationally recognized school health leader who brings a unique approach advancing health and education equity through policy. For more than 25 years, she has advocated child and adolescent health, school health, reproductive health, HIV/STI prevention, sexuality education and LGBTQ advocacy, mostly through policy and program development at the local, state and federal levels. Diana is known for her method of pairing radical empathy with sound public policy to engage communities in working together to create “student-centered solutions.” Diana is an expert at navigating Title IX, FERPA, HIPPA and Section 504 to ensure academic access for young people, and has participated in a number of amicus curiae briefs before federal courts on behalf of transgender students. She currently advises K-12 schools on COVID-19 public health guidance to develop protocols and practices that could safely welcome staff and students back to school. From 20••••19, Diana served as Director of Health and Wellness for DC Public Schools (DCPS), where she coordinated DCPS’s response to H1N1, immunization and well-child visits compliance and other communicable diseases. Before DCPS, she advocated federal policy efforts for national membership organizations on HIV/AIDS prevention, sex education and reproductive health, and served as an interim executive director. Raised on the U.S./Mexico border, Diana stayed home for college, earning a Bachelor’s in Journalism from the University of Texas at El Paso. Her policy expertise comes from experience as well as education. Diana holds a Master of Public Policy and Administration, with a concentration in Gender and Public Policy, from Columbia University. When not advising schools and organizations, parenting her teenagers is her focus, along with teaching yoga from an equity framework and serving as Youth Chair and Board Member of the Stonewall National Museum and Archives. Diana’s pronouns are she/her/hers.

Experience

1. Inclusion Committee Member

   Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity

   Jan 2022 — Present

Education

• The University of Texas at El Paso

  BA, Journalism, Minor in Political Science

• Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs

  Master of Public Administration and Policy - MPA, Gender Policy Concentration