Board of directors

 Luiza moved to Colorado with her family when she was 15 years old. The barriers she and her family faced inspired her to choose a career that focuses on increasing access to affordable housing for low-income families. In 2014, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Alabama State University. Currently, Luiza works for a Denver-based company focused on countering the housing crisis by connecting deserving buyers to overlooked, single-family homes and affordable owner-financed loans. Luiza is passionate about ensuring everybody has a place to call home, regardless of immigration or socioeconomic status. 

 Since 2016, Daisy has had the opportunity to serve as an advocate for migrant farmworker families throughout Northern Colorado and has worked with various educational programs serving culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. Coming from a similar background herself, she recognizes that building consciousness of what it means to be the son or daughter of an agricultural worker is instrumental in identity development and achieving goals. She recalls sitting with some of the first students she served in the Migrant Education Program and validating their lived experiences in the K-12 education system, providing a space for them to acknowledge their resiliency, abilities to navigate two languages and individual cultural richness. Daisy is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education from CU Denver and serves as the Program Manager of Secondary Initiatives at the Centennial BOCES Migrant Education Program. 

 Amy is a fourth generation Coloradan and a community leader. After graduating from CSU in 1995 with a degree in Liberal Arts, she used her communications training to pursue a career in communications and community outreach in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. She was named Young Professional of the Year by the Fort Collins area Chamber of Commerce and in 2017, she helped form a first generation, near-peer mentoring program at CSU. Amy was the Executive Producer of Who I Am, a Virtual Reality documentary film showcasing the work of the first-generation CSU students and the immigrant and refugee high school students, and she continues to advocate for immigrant justice by serving on the College Access Navigators board, Community Dreamer Fund board and the Interfaith Solidarity and Accompaniment Coalition (ISAAC). Amy has served on the CSU Liberal Arts Development Council since 2015 and in June of 2022, she was appointed by Governor Jared Polis to the Colorado Humanities Board of Directors. 

  Valeria is the daughter of migrant farm worker mother from Eagle Pass, Texas and formerly undocumented immigrant father from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Through family roots and experience, she gained a passion for equity and access in education. She is a first-generation college graduate, with over twelve years of experience in creating access to higher education for low-income, first-generation and minoritized youth. Valeria received her BA in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2009. In 2017, Valeria joined the Office of Precollege Outreach and Engagement as the Director of Partnership Outreach Programs. In this position she supports the institution’s efforts to expand precollegiate programming into rural and local communities of Colorado. Currently, Valeria oversees partnership programs from the Western Slope, Eastern Plains, the San Luis Valley, as well as local partnership programs. In May 2019, Valeria graduated with her MA in Higher Education from CU Boulder, and is pursuing her Education Doctorate.  

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