Hector Montenegro
Superintendent of Schools
Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, Texas

Hector Montenegro is currently the Superintendent of Schools of the Ysleta Independent School District in El Paso. Originally from Los Angeles, California, Hector Montenegro attended California State Polytechnic University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, Stanford University where he obtained his Masters degree in Mathematics Education, and did graduate work at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and the University of Texas.

Hector Montenegro began his teaching career in San Jose, California in 1975 where he taught math at the junior and senior high school levels. He later taught and was an assistant principal in Washington, DC, a junior high principal in Alexandria, Virginia and a high school principal in Fairfax County, Virginia. Mr. Montenegro later served as Chief of Staff of the DC Public Schools before moving to Austin where he was a principal and an Area Superintendent for the Austin Independent School District. From 1996-2001, Mr. Montenegro was the Superintendent of Schools for the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District. Most recently, he served as the Deputy Superintendent for Instructional Services for the Dallas ISD before coming to Ysleta in March 2003.

Hector Montenegro has received numerous awards including: 2006 State-Wide TABE Honoree Award for Public Education; 2006 LULAC National Distinguished Educator Award for Commitment in Education; 2006 TCEA Texas Technology Superintendent of the Year award; 2005 National LULAC Educator of the Year award; inducted into the El Rancho Hall of Fame in Los Angeles; The San Marcos Hispanic Chamber of Commerce "Outstanding Citizen of the Year" award; the San Marcos Lion's Club "Teaching Excellence Award", LULAC Hispanic Leader of the Year Award in Austin in 1994, POWERS Creative Leadership Award, in Washington, DC in 1989, and Outstanding Young Man of America in 1985.