Jantré Christian

Jantré Christian is a community-engaged, culturally responsive artist educator and public-school administrator. She leads arts education instructional programs and initiatives for the Los Angeles Unified School District and previously served as the principal of Grand Arts High School (Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts) in Downtown LA. As a certificated theater teacher, Jantré has taught elementary, middle, and high school students and coordinated district-wide theater, film, and music programming with creative industry partners. A practicing musician and theater artist, she has worked as a session singer and live venue performer at cultural institutions including the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Musical Theatre West, The Wallis, and Mark Taper Forum.