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Profile · Daniela Jasso Garza

Many organizations. One subject: how we learn.

I’m an independent education consultant with a master’s in Mind, Brain and Education from Harvard. Since 2009 I have worked with Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education, the World Bank, the Brookings Institution and the Nuevo León Ministry of Education, as well as universities, schools, companies and museums.

Education
Ed.M. Harvard · B.A. in Education Sciences, UDEM
Work
Studies, evaluation and program design
Based in
Monterrey, Mexico
Languages
Spanish and English
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Career

Four stages

  1. 2009–2012

    Starting in schools

    With EducarUno (opens in a new tab) I implemented the Design for Change contest in Mexico and planned the opening of Instituto Docet (opens in a new tab).

  2. 2013–2016

    Federal education policy

    Advisor at Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education (opens in a new tab): in the Minister’s Office of Advisors, then at the Undersecretariat of Upper Secondary Education.

  3. 2016–2022

    International organizations, universities and schools

    The World Bank (opens in a new tab), Tecnológico de Monterrey (opens in a new tab) and the Semper Altius (opens in a new tab) school network. Alongside, from 2013 to 2021, as an independent consultant under my own brand, DAJ Education: education models for schools, companies and museums.

  4. 2024 to today

    Nuevo León’s education system

    With Vía Educación (opens in a new tab) and the Brookings Institution (opens in a new tab), the mapping and proposal to transform the system. In 2026, the Digital Culture project for U-ERRE (opens in a new tab), the Nuevo León Ministry of Education (opens in a new tab) and Consejo Nuevo León (opens in a new tab).

My rule: every number comes with its source. If I don’t know something, I say so.

Fig. 2 · Reach and depthOne dot per month, 2007 to 2026
  1. 1InternationalWorld Bank · Dominican Social Security Institute (Dominican Republic)
  2. 2Federal governmentMinistry of Public Education (SEP)
  3. 3State government · Nuevo LeónVía Educación with Brookings (2024–2025) · U-ERRE with the Ministry of Education and Consejo Nuevo León (2026)
  4. 4Universities and school networksTec de Monterrey · Semper Altius school network
  5. 5Schools, companies and museumsDAJ Education · Instituto Docet · Design for Change · Baby Signs · Linio · Independent consulting (2023)
  6. EducationB.A. in Education Sciences, UDEM · Ed.M. Mind, Brain and Education, Harvard · Baby Signs and Write of Passage certifications

Depth

Education

2012–2013 · Master’s

Harvard Graduate School of Education (opens in a new tab)

Ed.M. in Mind, Brain and Education

What I built during the program

  • Adaptive assessment platform for students and teachers
  • App to support teenagers in decision making
  • Universal Design for Learning science website
  • Teacher training proposal grounded in neuroscience
  • Community-center daycare proposal

Also

Where I can help

What the organizations I work with usually need

Filter by need

Thirteen projects, from 2009 to 2026.

Or by topic

13 projects

  1. 2026 · State government

    Digital Culture and Early Technology Literacy

    The need. Learn what Nuevo León’s teachers and school leaders think and need around digital culture.

    What I did. Overall coordination for U-ERRE (opens in a new tab), with the Nuevo León Ministry of Education (opens in a new tab) and Consejo Nuevo León (opens in a new tab).

  2. 2024–2025 · Civil society and state government

    Vía Educación (opens in a new tab), with the Brookings Institution (opens in a new tab)

    The need. Understand how to transform Nuevo León’s education system.

    What I did. Helped design the mapping, evaluation and proposal, with the Nuevo León Ministry of Education.

  3. 2023 to today · Independent consulting

    Planning, curriculum and public policy

    The need. Projects that need structure and a plan that can be carried out.

    What I did. Strategic planning and curriculum development in education, social development and public policy.

  4. 2020–2022 · School network

    Semper Altius school network (opens in a new tab)

    The need. Plan and evaluate across many schools at once, listening to families.

    What I did. Strategic planning, evaluation and parent satisfaction surveys, with the Central Office.

  5. 2017–2018 · University

    Tec de Monterrey (opens in a new tab)

    The need. Transform teaching in the School of Humanities and Education.

    What I did. Education transformation projects in the School and with other departments.

  6. 2016–2017 · International organization

    World Bank (opens in a new tab)

    The need. Move forward its education project portfolio in Mexico.

    What I did. Worked on the education project portfolio.

  7. 2013–2021 · Independent consulting

    DAJ Education

    The need. Schools, companies and museums that wanted their own education model.

    What I did. Designed education models and worked on education and neuroscience projects.

  8. 2013–2016 · Federal government

    Ministry of Public Education (SEP) (opens in a new tab)

    The need. Technical judgment close to education policy decisions.

    What I did. Advisor in the Minister’s Office of Advisors, then at the Undersecretariat of Upper Secondary Education.

  9. 2013 · Government, Dominican Republic

    Dominican Social Security Institute

    The need. Monitor and improve the quality of its public daycare centers.

    What I did. Designed a strategy to monitor and improve their processes and services.

  10. 2012 · Startup

    Linio México

    The need. Build commercial partnerships at launch.

    What I did. Commercial partnership strategy in Marketing and Partnerships.

  11. 2010–2012 · Early childhood

    Baby Signs (opens in a new tab)

    The need. Families who want to communicate with their babies before they can talk.

    What I did. Taught classes as a certified instructor.

  12. 2009–2010 · New school

    Instituto Docet (opens in a new tab)

    The need. Plan a school from scratch.

    What I did. Planned its design and opening, with EducarUno (opens in a new tab).

  13. 2009–2010 · School contest

    Design for Change (Diseña el Cambio) (opens in a new tab)

    The need. Bring to Mexico an international contest that invites children to propose changes in their community.

    What I did. Implemented the contest in Mexico, with EducarUno (opens in a new tab).

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Contact

Does your organization have one of these needs?

Write to me and let’s talk it through. I reply personally.

hola@daj.mx

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