Stephanie Vanos is a mom to three girls in Orange County Public Schools and a volunteer public education advocate. She was elected as the School Board Member for District 6 in 2024. A graduate of K12 public schools, Stephanie graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University and earned her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she graduated with honors.
Stephanie began her involvement with public education advocacy when her oldest daughter started kindergarten. She actively volunteered at her daughters’ schools and served on multiple School Advisory Councils. She graduated with the 2017 class of the OCPS Leadership Orange program. Stephanie is a member of the Education Committee of the League of Women Voters Orange County, serving as the co-chair for two years. In 2021, she joined a statewide public education caucus and ultimately became the Vice President. In that role, she advocated for pro-public education bills and issues in the state legislature and helped to build a grassroots pro-public education coalition across the state. Stephanie has also advocated at the national level with the Network for Public Education and was invited to discuss a series of papers under development by the National Academy of Education.
Stephanie has been active in the community since she moved to Orlando in 2003, serving on the Board of Directors for the Pace Center for Girls Orange and Girls on the Run Central Florida, where she also served as the Board Chair. She is currently a Trustee for the Track Shack Youth Foundation and also served on the OCPS Reapportionment Advisory Committee in 2021.