Annette Maldonado is Hispanic administrator in the Okaloosa County School District - Florida

From the beginning, Annette Maldonado wasn’t supposed to make it.

She grew up poor in a Spanish-speaking household in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood.

“I got free lunch. I was an ELL (English Language Learner) student,” she said.

But with faith and perseverance, the Mary Esther Elementary School principal has made a mark for herself as the first Hispanic administrator in the Okaloosa County School District.”*

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