Nuestro Equipo
Margarita Ramirez
Directora Ejecutiva
As the current executive director, I understand that our community's voices, cultural strengths, values, and experiences are crucial to our mission and vision. As a first-generation Latina individual who migrated from Mexico and grew up in the United States, I have firsthand experience with the struggles of accessing resources and navigating complex systems. My lived experiences inform how I approach my community work, and I firmly believe in Glenn Martin's words that "people who are closest to the problem are closest to the solution." Everything we do is informed by working with and listening to our community. We engage with them, invite them to our programming, sit with them, listen to what they have to say, and pay attention to their needs and reported trends, focusing on equity. This helps us create programming that fulfills their needs and think about recommendations that can begin to change systems. We provide immediate support through our programming as we strengthen their education and self-advocacy, help them continue learning on their own, and take their mental health on their terms. As a social entrepreneur that believes in strengthening our community's self-advocacy regarding systems change, I am always ensuring that our work doesn't stop at our organization and that we can continue serving, inspiring, and facilitating more processes so that other partners can continue helping more people than the ones we serve. We recognize that we can't do this alone and that working together is one way to change systems for everyone. Our communities have so much to offer, and reject the deficit mindset. Instead, we focus on our cultural strengths and work with our communities to awaken the leaders within them, empower their voices, and use their experiences as the power to advocate for happier and healthier lives, not only for themselves but for others. We cannot exist without them, and our ultimate goal is to help them achieve their dreams and empower their voices
Laura Zapater
Directora Asociada
Laura Galindo
Coordinador del programa de Jovenes
Marisol Bermudez
Directora de Programa
Laura Bustos
Gerente Administrativa & Analista de Datos
Melissa Flores
Gerente de Oficina
Rosalinda Arriola
Coordinadora de Fuerza Laboral
Lorena Cervantes
Coordinadora de Equidad
Lilly Aguilar
Coordinadora de Helping Hands
Itzayan Rocha
Coordinadora de Alcance Comunitario
Francesca Hagarty
Supervisora de Eventos
Ricardo Romero
Asistente del Programa Agricola
Natalia Najera
Cordinadora de Tribu de Mujeres
Carlos Lopez
Asistente Ejecutiva
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cindy Meraz
Presidente de la Mesa Directiva
Amanda Finn
Vice Presidente de la Mesa Directiva
Angelica Wind
Lider de Comite
Arwen March
Lider de la Mesa Directiva
Virginia Morfe
Miembro Senior
Juanes Ramirez
Miembro del Comite
Antonio Alanis
Miembro del Comite
Adriana Chavela
Miembra del Comite
Chip Cross
Miembro del Comite
Kimberly Effler
Miembra del Comite
Billy Martin
Miembra del Comite