Carla Rogenmuser is a Senior Education Ombuds in the Office of the Education Ombuds. She is a Nationally Certified Professional in Mediation and has worked with OEO since 2022.
Carla’s core values are Community, Connection, and Love. She hopes that each person she speaks with will feel her love and respect for their humanity during their conversation. Her journey from local charter and traditional public school parent and teacher advocate to charter community ally and family-school facilitator has given her many opportunities to learn from and build common understandings with various groups. As a parent of neurodivergent children, her family’s experiences within Washington’s education system have shown her the necessity of intentionally pursuing equitable and inclusive practices on every level to truly serve all students—and their families—in all schools.
Before putting down roots in the Pacific Northwest, Carla grew up in rural Pennsylvania Dutch Country, attending public school and then homeschooling through high school. She adores books, especially fantasy adventure like The Phantom Tollbooth, sunshine, traveling, spending time at the beach, practicing Niwaki techniques in her yard, and singing along to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.