Ysleta ISD Announces New Capistrano ES Principal

Marisa Luna Holguin (Courtesy of Ysleta ISD)

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Ysleta Independent School District (YISD) has named a new principal for Capistrano Elementary School.

Marisa Luna Holguin, who currently serves as superintendent of the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD), has been selected as the school’s principal and will start on Monday, July 8, according to a press release sent out by YISD.

Holguin began her career in education in 2006 as a bilingual early childhood teacher in El Paso. She then taught in Fort Worth, eventually returning to El Paso as the school’s campus coordinator at YISD’s former Robert F. Kennedy Pre-K Center, according to the press release.

At YISD, Holguin also served as an instructional specialist and assistant principal at Vista Hills and North Star elementary schools.

Holguin holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and bilingual education from the University of Texas at El Paso and a master’s degree in educational administration from Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.