Laura Colangelo is the Executive Director of the Texas Private Schools Association, an advocacy organization representing over 1000 private, accredited schools in Texas in the state legislature and in DC. In this role, she is the “public voice for private schools in Texas”. She has had six successful legislative sessions in which she helped pass bills regarding credit card fees, school nurses, school marshals, and is particularly proud of a a bill that established a Do Not Hire registry for teachers guilty of misconduct. In 2025, Laura was instrumental in getting the largest day one school choice program in the country passed in Texas.