Family Prosperity Parent Leaders

Ascend and its Family Prosperity Innovation Community partners engaged 18 parent and caregiving leaders as experts in the development of their policy and practice recommendations. Parent and caregiver leaders were nominated by partners to participate in multi-day convenings, share their insights, and inform the group’s strategies and priorities.

Veronica Avalos
Parent Leader
Partnership for Community Action
New Mexico
Nicole Belanger
Parent Leader
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
Alaska
Sequaya Coleman
Parent Leader
Springboard to Opportunities
Mississippi
George Davis V
Parent Leader
Colorado Department of Human Services
Colorado
Charnae Easton
Parent Leader
Legal Aid at Work
California
Rebecca Flores
Parent Leader
Acivate Work
Colorado
Nadia Inzunza
Parent Leader
Partnership for Community Action (PCA)
New Mexico
Dwayne Meeks
Parent Leader
Colorado Department of Human Services
Colorado
Kimberly Mitchell
Worker Activist and Union Worker
Macy's Inc.
District of Columbia
Jacqueline Monsanto
Parent Leader
All Our Kin
Connecticut
Ashley Negron
All Our Kin
Connecticut
Elizabeth Newton
Parent Leader
Colorado Department of Human Services
Colorado
Evelyn Ramos
Parent Leader
Partnership for Community Action
California
Yesenia Ruiz
Parent Leader
UTEC Inc
Massachusetts
Kevin Ryder
Parent Leader
Colorado Department of Human Services
Colorado
Carolina Salas
Parent Leader
Partnership for Community Action
New Mexico
Miggz Trussell
Parent Leader
UTEC Inc
Massachusetts
Yesenia Valentin
Parent Leader
StreetCred at Boston Medical Center
Massachusetts