Sabrina Estrada

Sabrina Estrada is Sr. Program Coordinator of Civic Health at the Center for the Future of Arizona, where she advances civic engagement and empowers communities. With a background in education, nonprofit leadership, and advocacy, she brings a collaborative, equity-driven approach to building partnerships and designing programs that support youth, strengthen schools, and create meaningful change across Arizona.

Students and families are most impacted by school and district budgeting decisions yet are often not authentically engaged in decision-making processes that impact their school community. School Participatory Budgeting (SPB) offers a powerful way to engage students and families while helping students build civic skills and learn democracy by doing. With support from community partnerships and school leaders, students lead a democratic process to decide how to spend a portion of their school or district budget.

Join the Center for the Future of Arizona and ASU’s Participatory Governance Initiative to explore the impact of SPB on civic learning, community-wide engagement, and opportunities to pilot SPB on K–12 campuses across Arizona. SPB’s approach to closing the civic opportunity gap positions students as authentic contributors to their school community and fosters the propensity for long-term civic engagement.