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Crystal Tapia-Romero
2022 - Present
2025
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Crystal Tapia-Romero is a member of the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education in New Mexico, representing District 5. She assumed office on January 1, 2022. Her current term ends on December 31, 2025.
Tapia-Romero ran for election to the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education to represent District 5 in New Mexico. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Tapia-Romero completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Crystal Tapia-Romero was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1] Her career experience includes working as the policy chair for the New Mexico Childcare & Education Association and sitting on the Early Learning Advisory Council to the Governor of New Mexico. Tapia-Romero founded New Mexico Early Learning Academy.[2]
Elections
2021
See also: Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 5
Crystal Tapia-Romero defeated Emma Jones and Uche Ohiri in the general election for Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 5 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Crystal Tapia-Romero (Nonpartisan)  | 53.3 | 6,103 |
 | Emma Jones (Nonpartisan) | 27.4 | 3,137 | |
 | Uche Ohiri (Nonpartisan) | 19.3 | 2,214 | |
| Total votes: 11,454 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Tapia-Romero's endorsements in the 2021 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Crystal Tapia-Romero completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Tapia-Romero's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Student Centered Approach
- More Dollars in the Classroom
- Ensure fair and equitable access to special education services, district-wide
Student centered approach to all efforts
More dollars to the classroom
Lift up innovation and best-practice, researched based models
Make teacher retention a priority
Set ambitious, clear academic goals for our school district and schools
Ensure fair and equitable access to special education services, district-wide
Empower our teachers to have the tools and authority to effectively manage their classrooms
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Candidate Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 5, 2021
- ↑ Crystal Tapia-Romero for APS Board - District 5, "Meet Crystal," accessed October 6, 2021
