Mater Academy is a non-profit charter management organization based in Florida.

[6] In 1968, Mother Margarita Miranda began Centro Mater as a childcare facility in Little Havana, a poor immigrant neighborhood of Miami, Florida.

[7] In 1996, the Florida Legislature authorized charter schools as part of the state's K-12 public education system.

The following year, Zulueta incorporated the For-profit education school management company Academica.

[2][4][5][3] Mater Academy Charter High School in Hialeah Gardens, Florida won a silver medal award from U.S. News & World Report in 2008 and 2009.