Our Team
Dr. Elena Ruíz
Founder and Director
Dr. Rajalakshmi Nadadur
Director of Development
Dr. Nerli Paredes Ruvalcaba
Director of Community Engagement
Dr. Yanet Ruvalcaba
Director of Research
Dr. Taylor Elyse Mills, Esq.
Director of Policy
Izziah Thabath, MPH
Associate Director of Community Health Research
Andrea Richardson, M.A., PhD ABD
Community Response Coordinator
Dr. Kahlia Roberts
Director of Operations
Sherry Stevens
Fiscal Officer
Avery Antal
Director of Media and Creative Strategy
Jenna Salhab
Website and Digital Experience Manager
Research Team
Dr. Ishita Arora
Community Evaluation and Impact
Olatayo Bakare
Public Policy
Dr. Jennifer Cobbina-Dungy
Community Justice and Social Science Research
Saanvi Dawal
Economic Justice
Dr. Kwabena Edussei
Community Health
Dr. Gabriela López-Zerón
Language and Healing Justice
Dr. Jessica Martínez Cruz
Community Health
Dr. Leonora Souza Paula
Arts and Education
Dr. Colleen Ray
Violence Prevention
Dr. Gregory Rogel
Public Health
Dr. Justin Simard, J.D.
Legal Ethics and Education
Interns
Anna Ohlman
FEATURED PARTNERS
Sara's House
W.H.E.A.T.
Milaan Foundation
GGE
HERS-EA
Black Women Shaping Afrofutures
Masa Center
Colectiva Gunaa Rucaalu
Supreme Transitions
Survivor Justice Network
me.too International
