RTA Experience

• Appointed by Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish.
• Joined the RTA Board in May 2021.

Current Occupation

• Project Manager at JumpStart, Inc.
• 2019, founded AREKO Consulting, provides services that strengthens and advances organizations, entrepreneurs and communities.

Education

• Mount Holyoke College - focused on Global and Public Health Sciences, with a concentration in Social Behavioral Sciences.
• Venture Capital University national cohort.
• Hispanic Alliance Leadership Development Initiative (HALDI) - Cohort VII - 2019.
• 2021 Cleveland Leadership Center's Bridge Builder Class of 2021.

Public Service

• City Year Cleveland:
  • AmeriCorp Member and Resource Manager at East Technical School (2011-2012)
• 2016 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship:
  • Community and Public Health Fellow at The MetroHealth System.

Non-Profit Affiliation

• Previously worked for Esperanza, Inc., an organization focused on supporting the Latinx community on Cleveland's near west side.  

Civic/Social Involvement

• Vice President, The Young Latino Network
• Hathaway Brown Alumnae Council member
• LatinUs Theater Company board member
• Canalway Partners board member
• We Are All Human Foundation Hispanic Start Ambassador, Cleveland Hub.
• Emerging Leaders Advisory Council Member, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA)
• 2016-2021, MetroHealth N.E.T. Executive Committee Member
• Crain's Cleveland Business 40 under 40 recipient