As Community Engagement Manager at North East Trees, I led multi-stakeholder coalition-building, community-centered engagement strategies, and cross-jurisdictional partnerships that translated local input into measurable environmental and civic outcomes. My work focused on designing and stewarding nature-based, climate-resilience, and civic engagement programs across Northeast, East, and South Los Angeles, aligning community priorities with City and County climate planning efforts.

North East Trees is a community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing environmental injustice through urban forestry, habitat restoration, nature-based design-build projects, and workforce development in underinvested neighborhoods across Los Angeles. The organization advances climate resilience by fostering long-term stewardship, expanding tree canopy, creating accessible green spaces, and centering community leadership in environmental decision-making.

Cultural Producer | Environmental Education at Scale 

I served as Cultural Producer for Social Forest: Oaks of Tovaangar, a reforestation, public art, and education initiative presented by The Broad as part of the exhibition Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature. The project explored Beuys’s legacy as an artist-activist and his commitment to environmental justice through the intersection of art and political action. The initiative was part of Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide, produced in collaboration with the Kuruvungna Village Springs & Cultural Center and North East Trees. I designed and produced two large-scale, nature-based public education programs, engaging 2,500+ families across two free community exhibitions—bridging contemporary art, Indigenous land stewardship, and climate resilience education.

Community-Driven Climate Planning | Policy Integration

I designed and managed a door-to-door, community-based canvassing strategy to drive participation in three large-scale community listening sessions, engaging 700+ residents across unincorporated East Los Angeles and Watts. The outreach strategy prioritized relationship-building, language access, and place-based trust, ensuring meaningful participation from historically underrepresented communities. These sessions convened residents from neighborhoods represented by Hilda L. Solis (First District, Los Angeles County) and Tim McOsker (15th District, City of Los Angeles). Community input was synthesized and translated into actionable recommendations that directly informed the Los Angeles Urban Forestry Management Plan, embedding equity-centered priorities into regional climate policy and implementation frameworks.

Strategy + Outcomes: 

Unincorporated East Los Angeles Door-to-Door Canvassing Strategy
1st District, Los Angeles County Final Report - U. East Los Angeles (Session 1 + 2) 
15th District City of Los Angeles - Watts (Session 3)  

As Audience Engagement Editor for KCET Departures—now merged with PBS SoCal—I led community-centered media strategies that expanded representation, strengthened partnerships, and translated storytelling into measurable social impact. I built and stewarded relationships with community affiliates across Southern California, enabling underrepresented communities to shape their own narratives, amplify cultural identity, and increase civic engagement through public media.

KCET’s engagement framework served as a connective infrastructure for these efforts, supporting the dissemination, amplification, and networking of community stories through tools designed to drive tangible outcomes. Departures, a multidisciplinary media studio within KCET, functioned as a hub for creative collaboration, community-building, social advocacy, journalism, youth leadership, and cultural storytelling.

Spanish-Language Public Health Campaign

In partnership with The California Endowment (Coachella Valley) and La Poderosa 96.7 (KUNA-FM) in Palm Desert, I co-developed and executed a bilingual public health campaign focused on health insurance enrollment for undocumented migrant workers through the Medically Indigent Services Program (MISP). Distributed across radio and social media platforms, the campaign successfully reached 25,000+ Spanish-speaking and low-income residents, increasing awareness and access to critical health coverage for a highly vulnerable population.

Youth Development  | Civic Leadership

I revitalized the Departures Youth Voices program through a collaboration with students and faculty at Arroyo High School and Mountain View High School. Together, we launched a youth-led social media campaign addressing teen dating violence, reaching 100,000+ users. In parallel, I supported Arroyo High School students in transforming an unused campus lot into a community garden. The project was later adopted by ECO Urban Gardens and integrated into their Farm to School Program, creating a lasting asset for food education, leadership development, and community care.


Youth Voices  | Local Media | El Monte, CA 

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Using Twitter for Social Good: Raising Awareness on the Effects of Teen Dating Abuse | Link 




Small Steps Towards a School Garden at Arroyo High School | Link

How Can Social Media Inform Students on the Effects of Teen Dating Abuse? | Link 




Tending to the School Gardens of Tomorrow: Arroyo High's Knights Garden | Link

Race, History + Social Justice Editorial Strategy

I designed and implemented audience growth strategies centered on advocacy, historical context, and social justice reporting. I directed editors and reporters in strengthening editorial focus, optimizing social media distribution, and improving SEO performance. These efforts helped drive KCET.org’s digital traffic to over 3-million quarterly users, significantly expanding the reach and impact of public-interest journalism.


KCET Departures  |  Editorial Portfolio 

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Black Lives Matter and the Building of a Mass Movement | Link




Hey, Girl, Hey, Namaste: Queering Yoga in Long Beach | Link





Good for Your Body, Good to Your Soul: South L.A.'s Health Food Movement Gains Momentum | Link




The Beautiful Side of Civic Service in El Monte | Link



Rockhaven: L.A.'s First Feminist Sanitarium | Link





I Can Defend Myself: a Trans Teenager's Family Clears a Path for Trans Youth | Link



Embracing Ramadan in the LGBTQ Muslim Community | Link





El Monte's Wild Past: A History of Gay's Lion Farm | Link