Christina Kishimoto is an American education administrator. She served as superintendent of the

Hawai'i Department of Education The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) is a statewide public education system in the United States. The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities and communities in the United States, but i ...

starting in 2017 through the end of her contract in 2021 and in

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; and superintendent of

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Biography

Christina Kishimoto was born in the

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in New York. She has four siblings. Kishimoto was inspired to pursue a career in public education by her childhood teachers. Kishimoto was part of the

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program, which she moved from the Bronx to attend school in

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, as a sophomore. She'd eventually attend

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

and earn her PhD from

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in education administration. Kishimoto is the former superintendent and chief executive officer of

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. She is also former superintendent of

. Kishimoto became superintendent of the

in August 2017 with a salary of $240,000. In early March 2021, she has announced that she'll be stepping down as the superintendent due to poor job performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kishimoto is married and has one daughter and lives in the

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neighborhood of

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References

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