Our Staff
Staff Directory
Sylvia Puente
President & CEO
Melissa Flores
Chief of Operations
Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro, PhD
Education Director
José Marco-Paredes
Director of Civic Engagement
Erika Méndez
Associate Director of Education
Roberto Valdez Jr.
Associate Director, External Affairs
Carmen Martinez
Development Manager
Melissa Perez
Operations Manager
NiCole Ward
Multicultural Leadership Academy Manager
Steven Arroyo
Communications Manager
Daniela Campos
Communications Coordinator
Sarah Cartagena
Senior Policy Analyst
Licinio Garcia
Executive Assistant and Development Coordinator
Rosario Hernandez
Education Policy Analyst
Karen Garibay-Mulattieri
Senior Education Policy Analyst
Vanessa Peña
Education Policy Analyst
Celia Luna
Finance Manager
Noreen Sugrue
Director of Research
Edwin Ortiz Reyes
Civic Engagement Coordinator