Pedro Martinez

Pedro Martinez (born 1969/1970) is a Mexican-American school administrator serving as the CEO of Chicago Public Schools (the superintendent position of Chicago Public Schools). He formerly served as superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District and superintendent of the Washoe County School District Early life and education Martinez was born in Mexico. he immigrated to the United States at the age of six. He was the eldest of twelve children. He grew up in Chicago. Martinez attended high school at Chicago's Benito Juarez Community Academy. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an Masters in Business Administration from DePaul University. Martinez later received a fellowship from the Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University, and graduated from the Broad Superintendents Academy.