Margaret Chung is a 33-year public school educator who has served as a secondary mathematics teacher, instructional coach, refugee student advocate, and district mathematics supervisor. Since 2014, she has served as principal of Arlington Career Center, where she champions student agency, innovative Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and dual enrollment (DE) through Arlington Public Schools’ partnership with Northern Virginia Community College. In 2016, Chung launched Arlington Tech, Governor’s STEM Academy, which integrates dual enrollment, work-based learning, and project-based learning. The program has grown from 40 students to more than 700 in 2026.