Our Team

Executive Director  
Barbara Kappos, LCSW  
   
Director of Administrative Services  Wellness Center Administrator 
Diane Alarcon Romero, BA Ruth Rivera, MSc
   
 Associate Director Hope & Heart Project Coordinator
Rebeca Melendez, MA Elizabeth Peraza
   
Fiscal Manager Hope & Heart Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
Kristen McCall Martha Cerna (Weekend Supervisor)
  Carinna Gomez, BSW
Development Manager Claudia Galambo 
Alejandra Aguilar-Avelino Estela Ituarte
  Arminda Trujillo
  Titi Schwartz
Accounting Operations Manager  
Vanessa Marroquin, BS Housing Specialists
  Fernanda Ramirez, BS
Director of Sexual Assault Services Laura Gallegos Sanchez, BSW
Sonia Rivera, BS  Mary Casillas
   
Director of Promotora Institute Family Justice Center Advocate
Genoveva Lopez, BA Valerie Beltran
   
Director of Family Services Victims Services Coordinator 
Elena Gonzalez, LCSW Karla Sanchez Ruiz, BA
   
Clinical Coordinator Victims of Crime Specialist
Brittany Martinez, MSW Priscella Mayo
   
Therapeutic Case Manager Victims of Crime Advocate
Nataly Degante, MSW, RADT  
   
Volunteer Coordinator  Youth Empowerment Program
Kimberly Zarate  
  Engaging Men Project
Grants Compliance Manager Luis Mendoza
Monica A. Lerma, MSW, MPH Osvaldo Cruz 
   
Administrative Assistants Child and Family Specialist
Lucy Vega Alejandra Gonzalez, MA
Yesenia Moya  
   
Human Trafficking Outreach Specialist Project Heal Family Therapists
Lisa Vargas Deborah Guitron, LCSW
  Claudia Ruvalcava, MFT
SA Campus Coordinator  
Adrian Lugo KI Program/ CWOP
  Nayeli Hernandez-Perez
HIV Prevention Navigators Magda Leonel
Lizette Villanueva Zulibeth Inda-Lara
Paola Buenrostro  
Maria Liera Restorative Justice Lead Facilitator
  Dámariz Vásquez, BA
   
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Therapists Restorative Justice Facilitator
Destiny Camacho, MSW  
Madelin Melara, MSW  
Minerva Tovar, MSW Staff Promotora
  Olivia Macias Flores
  Claudia Hernandez-Cipres
   
SART Advocate Coordinator Addiction and DV Support
Carmen Lorenz Monique Diaz, RAC
   
Promotora Education Specialists Domestic Violence Case Managers
Jazmin Flores Melissa De Leon
Sandra Ibarra Cynthia Martinez
Annette Torres, BA Stephanie Ortiz 
  Gabby Orozco
  Maria Sanchez 
Interns  
Samantha Araiza, BSW Sexual Assault Trauma Specialist
Jazlyn Carillo, MSW Daniela Herrera, BPH, CHES
Maria Hernandez, BSW  
Arthur Olbert, MSW United Mental Health Promoters- DMH - District 1
Cynthia Ramirez, MSW Debbie Suaste-Servin, LMFT
Josefina Sebastian, BSW  
  United Mental Health Promoters- DMH - District 4
   

 

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