Diana Alexander ,
Director of the San Bernardino County Preschool Services Department
Mrs. Alexander is responsible for overseeing the operations of 700 employees at 43 preschool sites located throughout the largest geographical county in the United States serving over 7,000 disadvantaged children and families. Her preschool programs include Federal Early Head Start, Head Start and Early Head Start Child Care Partnership as well as the California Department of Education State preschools, and First 5 classrooms. She is committed to providing comprehensive quality early education services to the most vulnerable population of children ages zero to five. Additionally, she strives to empower families by providing access to community resources and engagement strategies for parents in the community in an effort to break the cycle of poverty. She is passionate about the Countywide Vision, and the Cradle to Career Roadmap, and sees it as a way to reach her ultimate goal which is to see children become successful in life through education and to become positive contributors in the local community.
Mrs. Alexander received an Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts from San Bernardino Valley College, and holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Public Administrative, both from California State University San Bernardino.