Our Team

Executive Director Director of Services at The Wellness Center
Barbara Kappos, LCSW Rebeca Melendez, MA
   
Director of Administrative Services  Wellness Center Administrator 
Diane Alarcon Romero, BA Ruth Rivera, MSc
   
Fiscal Manager Hope & Heart Project Coordinator
Kristen McCall Elizabeth Peraza
   
Accounting Operations Manager Hope & Heart Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
Vanessa Marroquin, BS Martha Cerna (Weekend Supervisor)
  Carinna Gomez, BSW
Development Manager Claudia Galambo 
Alejandra Aguilar-Avelino Estela Ituarte
  Arminda Trujillo
  Titi Schwartz
Director of Sexual Assault Services  
Sonia Rivera, BS  Housing Specialists
  Fernanda Ramirez, BS
Director of Promotora Institute Laura Gallegos Sanchez, BSW
Genoveva Lopez, BA Mary Casillas
   
Director of HIV Services Family Justice Center Advocate
Thelma Garcia Valerie Beltran
   
Director of Family Services Victims Services Coordinator 
Elena Gonzalez, LCSW Claudia Ruvalcaba, MFT, BSW
   
Clinical Coordinator Victims of Crime Specialist
Brittany Martinez, MSW Priscella Mayo
   
Therapeutic Case Manager Victims of Crime Advocate
Nataly Degante, MSW, RADT Karla Sanchez Ruiz, BA
   
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
  Dayanara Rodriguez, MA
SA Campus Coordinator  
Adrian Lugo KI Program
  Nayeli Hernandez-Perez
HIV Prevention Navigators Magda Leonel
Lizette Villanueva Zulibeth Inda-Lara
Paola Buenrostro  
Maria Liera Restorative Justice Coordinator
  Dámariz Vásquez, BA
   
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Therapists Restorative Justice Facilitator
Destiny Camacho, MSW Joey Alvarado
Madelin Melara, MSW  
Debbie Suaste-Servin, LMFT Staff Promotora
Minerva Tovar, MSW 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  
Cynthia Ramirez, MSW  
Josefina Sebastian, BSW  
   
   

 

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