Ruby Flores is currently Lead Trainer and Coach with Illinois Action for Children's (IAFC) Community Systems Statewide Supports (CS3) team, although she has spent the last eleven years at Illinois Action for Children in positions ranging from program supervision to coaching and training. A native of Los Angeles, Ruby is proud to say that her first professional job was as a teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District. In the 20+ years since, she has dedicated herself to working on behalf of children and families through education and child-centered nonprofit work. Ruby received her B.A. from Columbia University and lives in Chicago with her husband and her dog, Moira Rose.