Dr. Amy Cislak holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Linguistics from Boston College, a M.Ed. in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Grand Canyon University where her educational research was appropriately titled, “Rejecting the Status Quo.”

No stranger to innovation, Amy actively seeks out and collaborates with business, corporate, and university leaders in the community and around the country to create strategic partnerships that benefit students, including the first honors college/high school partnership in Arizona. Due in part to these collaborative efforts, Amy was named Arizona Education Leader Trailblazer of the Year by A for Arizona in 2018, a Southern Arizona 40 under 40 Awardee in 2018, and was the Principal of the Year in Tucson Unified School District in 2017.