Maribel Dotres

Cahn Fellow 2019

Principal, Palm Springs North Elementary School

Hialeah, Florida

Maribel Dotres began her career more than twenty years ago in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. During her career, Maribel has held various leadership roles including Lead Teacher, Educational Specialist and Assistant Principal. For the past eight years, she has been the Principal of Palm Springs North Elementary Community School that serves over one thousand students and offers a variety of enrichment programs including the Cambridge Elementary Level Program which is offered school-wide. As a school leader, Maribel believes that the most important contribution she can make is to ensure that she develops future leaders committed to diversity and inclusion. She strongly supports that creating, embedding and embracing a distributed leadership approach, ultimately, improves the culture of teaching and learning. This commitment has contributed to the academic growth and success of the school.