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Arceo, Monique (213) 353-1329 direct line |
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Arroyo, Horacio |
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Bandera, Zizi (213) 353-1337 direct line |
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Barrera, Reynaldo |
Rey is the Campaign Coordinator at CHIRLA where he staffs and convenes the California Table for Immigrant Rights, a statewide coalition of almost 100 organizations across the state. Prior, Rey was the California State Director for the Reform Immigration for America national campaign. He attended Loyola Marymount and graduated in 2007 with a BA in Business Administration in International Business. Right after graduation, Rey served as an AmeriCorps Volunteer at Good Shepherd Services in New York City. |
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Bernabe, Antonio |
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Cabanawan, Whelma Special Event / Intern & Volunteer Coordinator |
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Cabrera, Jorge-Mario |
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Corpeño, Xiomara |
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Dawit, Gebriel |
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Francisco, Victoria |
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Fuentes, Sylvia |
Silvia joined CHIRLA in 2010 as the Development Coordinator and Graphic Designer. For her, design/art direction is a form of activism that uses images and words to deliver a message or a call to action to the public. Silvia graduated from Art Center College of Design with a BA in Advertising in 2006 with an interest in pursuing a career in social marketing. With her work she hopes to foster change and combat apathy. |
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Hernandez, Areli |
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Mendoza, Jose |
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Mesa, Miriam |
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Ortiz, Myrna (CA Dream Network) |
Myrna first joined CHIRLA as a high school junior in 2006. She is now the Statewide Youth Organizer for the California Dream Network, a project of CHIRLA that connects over 60 college campus support groups for undocumented students. Myrna is the lead in developing leaders across the state to organize for local, state, and national issues that affect the immigrant community. Myrna is a student at UC Los Angeles where she expects to major in Political Science. |
| Perez, Luis DACA Program Manager (213) 353-1781 direct line lperez@ chirla.org |
For detail listing and contact of CHIRLA's Fellow and Interns please follow the link http://www.chirla.org/CHIRLA_Fellow |
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Rayfield, Beth |
Beth Rayfield joined CHIRLA as the Director of Development in 2008. Previously, she served as the Director of Fund Development and Communications at the East LA Community Corporation (ELACC), and prior to this was a Development Associate at Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE). Beth has a doctorate from the University of California, Irvine, where she taught Women's Studies, and received recognition for her scholarship on race and representation in photography and popular culture. As UC teaching staff, Beth was an organizer for and the first President of UAW Local 2865, an 11,000 member statewide union at the University of California. As the President of this diverse labor union, Beth fought for the working conditions and contractual rights of international students and other academic student employees, and lobbied on a state and federal level on behalf of the UAW International's working families in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Beth lives in Long Beach, where she is the former Board Chair of the Sexual Assault Crisis Agency (SACA). |
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Salas, Angelica |
Since becoming CHIRLA's executive director in 1999, Angelica Salas has spearheaded several ambitious campaigns locally, state-wide, and nationally. She helped win in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students and established day laborer job centers that have served as a model for the rest of the nation. She led efforts to allow all California drivers to obtain a driver license and is a leading spokesperson on federal immigration policy as an active member of FIRM and RIFA. Under Angelica's leadership, CHIRLA and its partners across the country have built the foundation for the recent upsurge in immigrant rights activism. As part of a national coordinating committee, Angelica helped convene a coalition of organizations in California which have successfully mobilized millions of immigrants to demand comprehensive immigration reform including legalization with a path to citizenship, family reunification, and the protection of civil and labor rights. One of Angelica’s greatest accomplishments at CHIRLA has been the transformation of a coalition of social service providers into an organization that empowers immigrants to engage in advocacy on their own behalf. In this respect, she has blazed a pioneering trail among immigrant coalitions around the country and has propelled other immigrant rights groups to follow her lead. In March she walked along thousands in the annual Selma to Montgomery March. She comes by her understanding of the immigrant experience firsthand. As a five year old, Angelica came to the U.S. from Mexico to rejoin her parents who had come to the U.S. to find work and better provide for their family. |
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Segura, Rosamaria |
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Simons, Greg |
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Trujillo, Pedro |
This spring, Pedro will be the first member of his family to graduate from a four-year university (Cal State Northridge, with honors!). He has always had a passion for helping the immigrant community and is delighted to be working with immigrant youth since he aspires to be an educator in the near future. He serves the immigrant community as the WiseUp! Project organizer at CHIRLA. |
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Villela, Joseph |
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Yilma, Zerihoun |
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| For detail listing and contact of CHIRLA's Fellow and Interns please follow the link http://www.chirla.org/CHIRLA_Fellow |
For detail listing and contact of CHIRLA's Fellow and Interns please follow the link http://www.chirla.org/CHIRLA_Fellow |
Horacio Arroyo has worked at CHIRLA for 8 years, and became a member while still in High School. In 2001, he was one of the first members of CHIRLA’s Wise Up! Youth Education and Leadership Development Program and helped pass California's in-state tuition AB540 legislation which has allowed thousands of undocumented students to continue their Higher Education in California colleges and Universities. For the last 8 years, Horacio has worked as a Youth Organizer and recently transitioned into a broader role as a Regional Organizer and Civic Engagement Coordinator where he coordinated CHIRLA’s Voter Education and Mobilization Drive which contacted over 12,000 people in 2010. As a Civic Engagement coordinator, he leads Voter Registration efforts and non-partisan Voter Education work in key areas in Los Angeles County.
Antonio joined in 1997 when the City of Los Angeles transferred the Day Labor Program to CHIRLA. Antonio has been an integral member of the area’s day laborer history and struggle as we know it today. He is one of the pioneers in the first leadership school for day laborers followed by the first Day Laborer Union. Antonio effectively ran the North Hollywood Day Laborers Center which become the national model for a Day Labor Center. Currently he is the lead Organizer for the AGUAS Campaign and organizing families in the San Fernando Valley
After witnessing the massive march in Los Angeles on May 1, 2006, Whelma was inspired to join CHIRLA. She was an intern first and became the Administrator and Intern/Volunteer Coordinator in 2007. She received a BA in Poli Sci and Legal Studies from the University of Central Florida and an MBA in Nonprofit Management from American Jewish University in 2011.
Jorge-Mario is the Communications Director at CHIRLA where he borrows the bully pulpit on a daily basis to advocate, educate, praise, denounce, question, and engage with the immigrant community and the general public on critical issues impacting immigrants. Jorge-Mario was a student at UC Santa Cruz in the Community Studies program and UCLA at the Graduate School of Public Health.
Xiomara is CHIRLA's Director of Organizing. Xiomara began as an activist while a student at UC Riverside, headed the first in-house voter program then served as Director of Organizing.
Jose joined CHIRLA as an active member in 2009 when he was a student at Glendale Community College. He has served the immigrant community as a calling center operator reaching out to voters and encouraging them to get involved in the civic process. Since November 2010, Jose has been part of CHIRLA’s full-time staff as the Administrative Assistant.
Miriam joined CHIRLA in 2000. She graduated as Chemical engineering in Havana, Cuba in 1994 and as an immigrant, has learned the difficulties of living in a foreign country, with different languages and cultures. For years she has handled thousands of calls a year through the toll-free CHIRLA Hotline. She recently completed an extensive paralegal training on Immigration issues. Miriam is currently the Community Education Coordinator at CHIRLA.
Joseph is the Senior Policy Advocate at CHIRLA. His significant experience and knowledge of the local, state and federal legislative process, has helped the immigrant community gain representation and advocacy strength for laws and regulations pertaining to access to health services, income support programs, and immigrant and civil rights. He attended UCLA in 2005.
Zerihoun Yilma Join the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) in 2001 as a Director of accounting. In 2003, he became the Director of Finance and Administration, and in 2007 transitioned into the Associate Director position. Zerihoun helped CHIRLA secure financial stability and maintain strong internal systems. Before coming to CHIRLA, Zerihoun had professional and academic journeys in different countries including India, Botswana, Namibia, and Ethiopia, receiving his Masters Degree from Poona University. His previous experience in corporate management and accounting for several for-profit companies has shaped his expertise in the non-profit sector.
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
(CHIRLA)
2533 W. Third Street, Suite 101
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Telephone - 213.353.1333
Fax - 213.353.1344
Toll-free - 1.888.6-CHIRLA [1.888.624.4752]
E-mail - info @ chirla.org
