Mary Valledor is an arts educator and administrator, receiving her Masters Degree in Education from St. Mary’s. She currently teaches at the University of San Francisco, evaluating student educators in the arts and humanities toward students’ teaching credentials. Valledor was also faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute, authoring classes on arts education and inclusion. Valledor spent many decades working in the San Francisco Unified School District/SFUSD, notably as Principal at New Traditions Elementary School. She also was a Bilingual Spanish teacher at Sanchez Elementary, grades K-5.