Team
The Iowa Latinx Project is directed by a collaborative leadership team. The all-volunteer team was drawn from across the economic and social sectors representing the diversity of Latino leadership in the region. Together, we are worked to analyze the statistics and stories presented in Nuestro Iowa and develop strategies to advance our community and our state broadly to fulfill our mission and vision.
Dr. Maria Alcivar Corona
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Fernando Aveiga
Realtor
PARRANDEROS LATIN COMBO
Rev. Alejandro Alfaro-Santiz
Trinity Las Americas
CLERGY
Rob X. Barron
Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Nathan Blake
Iowa Attorney General at the Iowa Department of Justice
CHIEF DEPUTY
Kenia Calderón Cerón
GreenState Credit Union
VP/BILINGUAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Miguel Contreras
Flock DSM
ART DIRECTOR
Ana Coppola
Polk County Health Department
PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNER
Suzanna de Baca
Business Publications Corporation
PRESIDENT AND GROUP PUBLISHER
Frank Dunn-Young
City of Des Moines
SENIOR CITY PLANNER
Alejandro Hernandez
College of Business and Public Administration, Drake University
DEAN
Junior Ibarra
Ibarra Realty Group
TEAM LEADER
Alex Jimenez
Wildflower
EVENT & CLIENT SPECIALIST
Erica Johnson
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice
FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dawn Martinez Oropeza
Al Éxito
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Noemi Mendez
Capitol View Elementary School
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Barbara Quijano Decker
Catholic Charities
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Consultants
Ruby Herrera
Facilitator
DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATOR
Story Session Participants
Fatima Calderón
MarÃa Elisa Campos
Juana Colin-Hernández
Isabel Contreras
Merced Cruz
Diana Echeverria
Orlando Fuentes
Jovita Gómez
Rodrigo Gonzáles
Jorge Gutiérrez
Rocio Hermosilla
Jocelyn Hernández
Melissa Hidalgo
Junior Ibarra
Victor Jiménez
Dr. Nalo Johnson
Josefina López
Jesús López
Pilar MartÃnez-Reyes
Fátima MartÃnez-Soto
Daizy MartÃnez-Soto
Edwin Méndez
Leticia Moreno
Agustin Oropeza
Sonia Reyes
Courtney Reyes
Celeste Treviño
Lissette Villalba Torres
Three anonymous participants
Sponsors
Des Moines Community Foundation
Angela Dethlefs-Trettin
Mid-Iowa Health Foundation
Suzanne Mineck
United Way of Central Iowa
Renée Miller
Delta Dental of Iowa
Anna Nalean