YDN is now accepting fellowship nominations for the July 2024 – February 2025 Cohort VI Latinx Leadership Program.
This opportunity is designed for members of the Latinx Community and those who recognize the importance of this demographic to the future of the Sacramento Region.
Fourteen fellows have begun their engagement in the Nueva Epoca Program. A program whose time has come. We congratulate and welcome Cohort IV – Class of 2023.
Nueva Epoca Fellows – Cohort III(July 2021- February 2022) Our third cohort of 14 amazing Fellows – graduated in August 2022 and serve on the noted nonprofit boards and government commissions Yessenia Anderson – Dignity HealthState Structural Pest Control Board; B Street Theatre Doris Romero Baccala – Placer Community FoundationCalSWEC; Placer County Food Bank Josue […]
The nomination period for Cohort IV closed on December 6, 2022. If you wish to nominate someone for future cohorts, please fill out the nomination form and we will reach out to the nominees in 2023 This opportunity is designed for members of the Latino/Hispanic/ Latinx Community and those who recognize the importance of this demographic […]
The goal of the Program is to build leadership capacity within the Latino/Hispanic/ Latinx Community in order to prepare and empower the next generation of Latinx leaders to influence business and civic policy decisions as we enter a Nueva Epoca – New Era – following the pandemic. Learn more…
As we acknowledge Hispanic Heritage Month we are pleased to introduce the second cohort of 16 amazing Fellows that are engaged in the current program series (July 2021- February 2022). We are also pleased to share a list of the program’s first cohort of 16 amazing Fellows – (February – July 2021) who have graduated and now serve on the […]
Our first cohort of 16 amazing Fellows –(February – July 2021) have graduated andnow serve on the noted nonprofit boards and government commissions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sara Bernal – Center for Land-Based LearningWest Sacramento Housing Development Corp. Gerardo Cabral – California State University, SacramentoVerge Center for the Arts Katharine Campos – Yolo County Assessor/ClerkRecorder/ElectionsYolo CASA Alma Caravarin […]
Nueva Epoca Fellows – Cohort II(July 2021- February 2022) Our second cohort of 16 amazing Fellows – graduated in February 2022 and serve on the noted nonprofit boards and government commissions Jessie Armenta – La Familia Counseling CenterLatino Center for Arts and Culture Mysti Champion-Freyenberger – Sacramento Municipal Utility DistrictBuilding Bridges of Iowa Tomas Evangelista Torres […]
On Friday of last week I literally jumped for authentic joy after we ended the kick-off session for Nueva Epoca– A new leadership program for the Latino(a)/Latinx Community. A special call of gratitude goes out to co-founders Larry Garcia and Doni Blumenstock for their shared vision and commitment to creating a leadership pipeline in the […]