Christina Aguirre-Oliva is the principal of Ketelsen Elementary. She has been in public education for 29 years, all of which have been with HISD. Aguirre-Oliva began her career in education as a third grade ESL teacher at Wainwright Elementary. She also worked as an assistant principal at Scarborough High School and the Mandarin Immersion School and then as principal of Wainwright Elementary for seven years. An HISD alumni, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Houston and a master’s degree from the University of North Texas in Library of Science.