Victor Diaz is the Founder and President of the Board of REALM Charter Schools. Victor was formally the Principal of Berkeley Technology Academy (BTECH), where he raised the API score 270 points in three years and earned the school its first accreditation through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Prior to BTECH, Victor was the principal of Community Academy in Boston. He has also served as a coach in SFUSD where he led instructional technology training. Victor is a Koshland Fellow, a Redford Center Honoree and a Ph.D Candidate in Language, Literacy, Society, and Culture at the University of California at Berkeley. He holds a BA from UCLA, a JD from the New College of California Law School, and a Master’s of Education in Instructional Technology from the University of San Francisco. He has worked in public education for 16 years. He is also an avid marathoner.