Our Story
SpEducational is the culmination of countless conversations with families from all walks of life in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Oakland, and NYC who want to take action on the fundamental systemic inequities in special education their children are experiencing. We are families of kids with exceptional needs coming together with urgency to lift up their kids and demand change in a broken system.
Founder + CEO
Lisa Mosko Barros is an bi-lingual award winning advocate for students with disabilities with over 13 years of both professional and personal experience.
Before founding SpEducational, Lisa served as the Chief Advocacy Officer for The Oakland REACH, a non-profit organization dedicated to lifting up Black and Latino students in public schools via family voice. Previously, Lisa was the founding Director of Special Education Advocacy at Speak UP, a parent powered non-profit dedicated to effecting positive change in public schools in Los Angeles Unified. Ms. Mosko Barros served as chairperson for the Los Angeles Unified District’s Community Advisory Committee for Special Education where she was re-elected for three consecutive years.
Ms. Mosko Barros’ advocacy has garnered her the Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities 33rd Annual Access Awards as well as ongoing media attention. Her work has been cited in the Los Angeles Times, the 74 Million, LAist, and La Opinión and she as spoken as a panelist on Univisión and on Larry Mantle’s AirTalk on KPCC, a NPR member station.
As a mother who has fought in district and public charter schools spanning three different districts to ensure that her own children were given the support they needed to thrive, Lisa draws from her lived experience to help other families do the same.
