Lead AV's local strategy, working with partner organizations in creating rapid-response plans and message guidance, as well as creating communications training modules to increase capacity of immigrant rights movementFeatured spokesperson for America's Voice, often quoted in national and local media, especially with a focus on Texas Execute rapid response through talking points and statements on behalf of AV and partner organizations During 2020 election, created effective immigration messaging in races across the country that led to wins in key states that allowed to push for pro-immigrant policiesBuilt and continue to manage relationships with local and national media who focus on immigration policy and Latino voter issuesIn 2021, supported the launch of the We Are Home campaign that brought together hundreds of organizations in a push for transformative immigration reformManaged a national immigration communicators listserv that hosts a weekly call and also provides training and capacity building for movement communicators

- Develop and execute a strategic communications plan to support the organization's mission and objectives.- Serve as primary contact/liaison with media contacts- Oversee messaging for all communication channels (e.g., social media copy, press releases, speeches, marketing materials, etc.)- Manage and mentor communications staff.- Seek opportunities to insert VL into news coverage in clever ways in order to further build VL’s presence and prominence.- Conduct media trainings, communications presentations, and all approved media interviews on behalf of Voto Latino.- Oversee coordination of special media events such as press conferences, panels and briefings open to press, etc.- Develop and cultivate new and existing media relationships and partners.- Train staff in communications best practices.

- Work with UWD staff to develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy for the organization and its campaigns;- Develop and maintain relationships with mainstream and ethnic media reporters, editorial staff, columnists, television bookers and bloggers;- Work with UWD staff to develop communications training tools and materials for affiliates;- Work with online organizers to maximize impact;- Work with Senior Communications & Online Strategist to execute rapid response for breaking news stories wherever they occur;- Continuously seek opportunities to include organization and the immigrant youth voice in the media and policy debate;

-Oversee the recruitment , application, and enrollment of students into the school's AmeriCorps program-Collaborate with staff on the recruitment, screening, and training, of mentors for the school year. -Devise partnerships with organizations and businesses that can support the mentoring program (by providing potential mentors or in-kind services for the mentor-student activities.)-Devise and produce program materials, including marketing materials and mentor guidance materials. -Play an active role in school-wide strategic planning and program delivery meetings.

Supported KUT’s, Austin’s NPR affiliate, newsroom by producing stories for radio relating to immigration legislation. • Met all deadlines and learned intricacies of producing content for radio and managed organization’s blog and Twitter feed.• Curated Twitter feed and sent out mass messages to many of the website’s followers while analyzing traffic of site. • Cultivated and maintained sources within government and the private sector, while monitoring news on immigration.

As a Youth Development Specialist, I was assigned to work with the Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (the national child protective services agency). PANI. I carried out community development activities at the grassroots level working directly with local counterparts, community leaders, and donor organizations. • Organized and directed a six week course for 173 sixth grade students in the Guarari elementary school on the importance of staying in school by using materials provided by Junior Achievement, an NGO that promotes vocational training. • Proposed and financed an ecological park at the school in Guarari, with the objectives and goals of environmental education and awareness by creating a healthier space to study. • Coordinated and hosted local soccer tournaments to provide the (approximately how many?) kids of Guarari a fun and healthy recreational activity promoting life skills such as respect, integrity, friendship, and teamwork. • Established a pen-pal program between (how many?) grade school students in Costa Rica and high school students in El Paso, Texas, teaching cultural awareness between my life at home and my life in Costa Rica. • Lead two Chicas Poderosas (“Powerful Girls”) youth groups, one of 8 fourth grade girls and the other group consisting of 8 sixth grade young women. The life skills taught were sexual awareness and education, communication, leadership, drug awareness and prevention, self esteem, among others. • Planned and organized a sexual education lecture on World Aids Day, on December 1 2009, by inviting a local doctor to our school in Guarari and having him present information to 67 sixth graders focusing on preventative measures. • Facilitated two sexual awareness discussions for all of the 8th grade class at the night high school in Guarari. • Invited “Outside the Lens”, a U.S. based NGO to give a photography workshop to 20 sixth grade students ultimately teaching them the fundamentals of photography.