is a justice centered operations consultant based in the Midwest. Her vision is to create more equitable and just operations across the non-profit field. She has been in movement-building work for almost a decade and dedicates her talents to helping organizations strengthen their operations, strategy, and infrastructure.
I’ve been in movement-building work for almost a decade. My work has included organizational development, strategy, and operations. I’ve been able to create a community across many beautiful Indigenous lands and currently reside in St. Louis, Missouri on lands of the Kickapoo, Shawnee, Ioway, Otoe, Delaware, and Osage peoples.
From growing relationships with incredible organizers, activists, and comrades across the country, I have learned many lessons, developed my skills, and held brave revolutionary moments with others.
I've worked with a range of organizations, including the Women's Foundation of Oregon, Community Alliance of Tenants, Coalition of Communities of Color, Portland State Center for Women's Leadership, Meyer Memorial Trust, City of Portland Office of Equity and Human Rights, Action St. Louis/Power Project, ArchCity Defenders, Demand Progress/Action, Coworker/Fund, and The Ops Collective.
I’m queer and Mexican and feel a lot. I want to abolish police and prisons and live in a world without binaries or borders.
Let’s build something together?
The approach to my work is rooted in liberation, community, equity, and justice. I believe that we will achieve a more equitable and just field through community building which is why I have organized, and regularly engage with, a community of other justice-aligned folks doing operations work, called JustOps.
The approach to my work is rooted in liberation, community, equity, and justice. I believe that we will achieve a more equitable and just field through community building which is why I have organized, and regularly engage with, a community of other justice-aligned folks doing operations work, called JustOps.
I embrace feeling comfortable with risk in order to liberate our communities. I believe cultures of risk aversion hinder the effectiveness of social change organizations, perpetuate unjust conditions, and contribute to an overall maintenance of the status quo both in organizations and in the dominant culture at large.
I uplift the vital importance of operations as a space to progress social justice work and the humane treatment of people. I recognize the role operations can play in perpetuating injustice against workers. I also recognize the power of operations as an organizational function in building creative, liberatory, and people-centered systems and processes that push organizations to work against ingrained systems of white supremacist capitalism, and treat workers with dignity and respect.
I do not believe that organizations and individuals should be able to gobble up resources, knowledge, and capital ad infinitum. I recognize extraction as an inextricable part of the perpetuation of white supremacist capitalism. The unfettered extraction of people, animals, and earth is violent and unsustainable. I believe in restorative models of knowledge and resource sharing. I believe in the restorative redistribution of knowledge, power, and capital.
I believe in us! I recognize the incredible power of building meaningful relationships with one another, and the counter-cultural nature of building true community. I believe that our current social, economic, and political arrangements actively discourage the forming and maintaining of community by deploying both physical design and cultural norms against the natural human disposition to being together. I believe in the value of working against the dominant culture and in seeking each other out. I believe in the power of healthy conflict and the importance of being direct with one another.
I do not believe I am the sole contributor to operational strategy. It is important to me to center workers, build trusting relationships, and engage in deep collaboration with others.
Implementing operations and compliance under fiscal sponsorships and independent entities including leading administrative functions of both 501(c)(3)s & 501(c)(4)s
Collaborate on operational strategy and justice aligned practices for organizations as a whole
Support development of a worker centered culture through:
Support organizations in setting up necessary structures and systems to ensure strong financial health
List non exhaustive and can support other organizational structures such as LLCs
Prioritization, Benefit
Why is this project needed?
Resources, Budget, Scope
How will this be funded and is the project accountable to anyone?
Delegation, Motivation of team, Objectives
What is the capacity of each project team member?
Deliverables, Timelines
Review of project successes and feedback on improvements
Management includes: Support defining roles and responsibilities across project teams and building capacity and helping organizations to manage other stakeholders
Support collecting raw data via participatory and research justice practices and create digestible formats for your audiences. This can include:
Examples of my work include:
