Cassie Creswell is the executive director of Illinois Families for Public Schools, a volunteer-led, grassroots, pro-public school advocacy group she co-founded in 2016. She has been advocating on public ed issues in Illinois since 2010, including funding, privatization, standardized testing, data privacy and governance. She is also a co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy. She is the parent of a current student and a recent graduate from Chicago Public Schools.