Executive Director
Barbara Kappos, LCSW

Director of Administrative Services
Diane Alarcon Romero, BA

Fiscal Manager
Kristen McCall

Fiscal Assistant
Ada Roberts

Development Associate
Heidy Rodriguez

Administrative Assistant
Lucy Vega

Data Entry Specialist
Martha Gonzalez

Director of Sexual Assault Services
Sonia Rivera, BS

Clinical Coordinator
Zara Espinoza, MSW

Wellness Clinical Supervisor
Elena Gonzalez, MSW

Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Therapists
Brittany Martinez, MSW
Debbie Suaste-Servin, MA
Madelin Melara, MSW
Elizabeth Almanza, MSW
Daniela Gonzalez, MSW
Monica Moreno, MSW

Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Counselors
Claudia Ruvalcaba, BS
Claudia Arevalo, BA
Alyza Gonzalez

Domestic Violence/CALWORKS Case Managers/Counselors
Stephanie Amezcua, BS
Maria Sanchez

Volunteer and Hotline Coordinator
Vanessa Marroquin, BS

College Advocate
Arlene Torres, BSW

SART Coordinator
Carmen Lorenz

Director of Promotora Institute 
Genoveva Lopez, BA

Promotora Education Specialists
Sandra Ibarra
Annette Torres, BA

Staff Promotoras
Rosa Romero
Olivia Macias Flores
Maria Brizuela

Director of HIV Services
Thelma Garcia

HIV Health Educators
Alejandra Aguilar Avelino
Karla Morales
Lizette Villanueva

Human Trafficking Outreach Specialist
Lisa Vargas

Parenting Coordinator
Sherry Smith Hampton, MSW

Director of Services at the Wellness Center 
Rebeca Melendez, MA

Wellness Center Administrator 
Ruth Rivera

Boyle Heights Project and Youth Empowerment Project
Karla Ortiz- Youth Coordinator 
Claudia Villanueva 
Valeria Castaneda

Engaging Men Project
Osvaldo Cruz
Luis Mendoza

Hope & Heart Project Coordinator
Elizabeth Peraza

Housing Specialists
Adelaida Ibarra, BS
Maricruz Ruiz

Hope & Heart Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
Martha Cerna (Weekend Supervisor)
Carina Gomez, BSW
Anna Cano
Jennifer Bermudez
Alondra Plaza
Nefetari Guerra
Carmen Aparicio

2020-2021 Student Interns

KI Program
Betzabeth Salinas Navarro, MSW
Ann Marie Vasquez, BS
Karla Jimenez Teran
Zulibeth Inda - Lara