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 Carinna Gomez, BSW
  Claudia Galambo 
Development Manager Estela Ituarte
Alejandra Aguilar-Avelino Arminda Trujillo
  Titi Schwartz
   
Accounting Operations Manager Housing Specialists
Vanessa Marroquin, BS Fernanda Ramirez, BS
  Laura Gallegos Sanchez, BSW
Director of Sexual Assault Services Mary Casillas
Sonia Rivera, BS   
   
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, MA
   
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  
   
Grants Compliance Manager Engaging Men Project
Monica A. Lerma, MSW, MPH Luis Mendoza
  Osvaldo Cruz 
Administrative Assistants  
Lucy Vega Child and Family Specialist
Yesenia Moya Alejandra Gonzalez, MA
   
   
Human Trafficking Outreach Specialist Project Heal Family Therapists
Lisa Vargas Deborah Guitron, LCSW
  Claudia Ruvalcava, MFT
   
Case Manager Data Coordinator
KI Program/ CWOP
Adrian Lugo Nayeli Hernandez-Perez
  Magda Leonel
HIV Prevention Program Zulibeth Inda-Lara
Paola Buenrostro  
Maria Liera Restorative Justice Program 
Silvia Hernandez Dámariz Vásquez, BA
  Nicole Rojas, MA
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Therapists  
Destiny Camacho, MSW  
Madelin Melara, MSW  
Minerva Tovar, MSW Lead Promotora Associate
  Olivia Macias Flores
   
   
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 
  Maria Sanchez 
Sexual Assault Trauma Specialist  
Daniela Herrera, BPH, CHES  
   
United Mental Health Promoters UMPH - District 1 United Mental Health Promoters UMPH- District 4
Debbie Suaste-Servin, LMFT Angie Licea
Lizette Villanueva Stephanie Scapini
James Morales Nancy Gallegos Paredes
Lulú Romero Alexisi Salazar
Nathalie Ceron Tania Maguina
Mercedes Moreno Martha Cerna
Christian Chun Irma Gamboa
April Morales Claudia Hernandez-Cipres
Lidia Ledezma  
   
Interns  
Yalitze Toma  
   

 

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