Ellen Park
Board Member, Rowland Unified School District, California
Ellen Park (홍윤정) is a Rowland Unified School District Board Member with nearly four decades in public education, including 18 years as a Principal (Preschool ~12) in Hacienda La Puente Unified School District and 21 years in Los Angeles USD as an administrator and teacher.
She is a Board Member and Past President of the International Korean Educators Network (IKEN), API School Board Members Association Member, California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Korean Chapter Board Member, CABE Asian Language Institute Planning Committee Member, Board Member/Past Vice-President of Korean American Federation of East Los Angeles (동부 한인회), and Education Committee Co-Chair of PUAC Los Angeles, where she earned the 2025 Presidential Award from South Korea.
As a Founding Member of the Korean American Studies Committee, she has also co-authored “The Korean American Ethnic Studies Curriculums” and Korean American Ethnic Studies model lessons.
Moreover, she is a member of the Kiwanis Club and former Sunday School teacher in her hometown. As an active educator and community leader, Ellen Park continues to pursue and champion equity, multilingual education, community empowerment, and more.