Naomi Ondrasek

Naomi Ondrasek is a senior consultant for the California State Assembly. She was previously a senior researcher and policy advisor at the Learning Policy Institute, where she provided research and policy analysis on education equity issues. Ondrasek also served as a program fellow with the California Education Policy Fellowship at the Education Insights Center and was a science policy fellow with the California Council on Science and Technology, where she worked on the California Assembly Education Committee. In that role, she reviewed, analyzed, amended, and drafted legislation covering a broad range of education policy issues, including child health, curriculum and instruction, college and career preparedness, and educational equity. She also staffed bills on STEM and special education for Assembly Member Patrick O’Donnell. Ondrasek earned her PhD in integrative biology with a focus on behavioral neuroscience from the University of California, Berkeley.

updated 2025