Family Prosperity Parent Leaders

Ascend and its Family Prosperity Innovation Community partners engaged 18 parent and caregiving leaders as experts in the development of their policy and practice recommendations. Parent and caregiver leaders were nominated by partners to participate in multi-day convenings, share their insights, and inform the group’s strategies and priorities.

Veronica Avalos
Parent Leader

Partnership for Community Action

Nicole Belanger
Parent Leader

Cook Inlet Tribal Council

Sequaya Coleman
Parent Leader

Springboard to Opportunities

George Davis V
Parent Leader

Colorado Department of Human Services

Charnae Easton
Parent Leader

Legal Aid at Work

Rebecca Flores
Parent Leader

Acivate Work

Nadia Inzunza
Parent Leader

Partnership for Community Action (PCA)

Dwayne Meeks
Parent Leader

Colorado Department of Human Services

Kimberly Mitchell
Worker Activist and Union Worker

Macy's Inc.

Jacqueline Monsanto
Parent Leader

All Our Kin

Ashley Negron

All Our Kin

Elizabeth Newton
Parent Leader

Colorado Department of Human Services

Evelyn Ramos
Parent Leader

Partnership for Community Action

Yesenia Ruiz
Parent Leader

UTEC Inc

Kevin Ryder
Parent Leader

Colorado Department of Human Services

Carolina Salas
Parent Leader

Partnership for Community Action

Miggz Trussell
Parent Leader

UTEC Inc

Yesenia Valentin
Parent Leader

StreetCred at Boston Medical Center