Nueva Epoca Praise Our Peeps September 24, 2021

Nueva Epoca Program - Cohort II

Curated by Vicki Stockbridge

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 Center
Latino Center for Arts and Culture

Mysti Champion-Freyenberger – Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Building Bridges of Iowa

Tomas Evangelista Torres – Evangelista Community Relations
Placer Cunty Mental Health, Alcohol, and Drug Advisory Board

Belen Flores – California Center for Civic Participation
Board Post Pending

Damian A. Garcia – Garcia Performance Solutions
Austin 2030 Commission

Ricardo Lopez – Yolo County Children’s Alliance
Capay Valley Health and Community Center Capital Campaign

Kathleen Martinez – Sacramento Municipal Utility District
AHS Football Parent Booster Club

Aliyah Moreno – Yolo Food Bank
Alchemist Community Development Corporation

Rosie Ramos – Sacramento Area Council of Governments
California Center for Civic Engagement

E. Avigail Romero – Rustic Strategies & J2 Global
Women’s Council of Realtors, Chair of Education

Krystal Toledo – Northwestern Mutual
Cottage Housing, Inc.

Brian Vargas – Pro Youth & Families/Youth & Family Collective
Friends of Sacramento Arts

Jose Emmanuel Vega – Sacramento LGBT Community Center
La Familia Counseling Center

Mayra Vega – LABCORP
Mayor, Woodland City Council

Maria E. Vides-Medal – City of Sacramento, Civic Engagement Division
Capay Valley Health and Community Center Capital Campaign

Brandon Villegas – RISE, Inc.
Hispanic Advisory Council, City of Winters

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