Born in Los Angeles to parents who emigrated from El Salvador, Ada calls Torrance, California home. She graduated with a B.A. in global information and social enterprise studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She interned at the National Organization for Women, where she helped plan the 2013 National Conference. As a student leader of College Ten, Ada co-facilitated a service learning class that engages students in social justice issues through local community work and reflection. She also completed an honors project practicum that provided technology consulting, event outreach, and management for the Everett Program.
Field placement: Causa Justa :: Just Cause
Oakland, California
Policy placement: Migrant Legal Action Program
Washington, D.C.
Hunger Free Community Report
Organizado la Fruitvale: Derechos de Inquilinos y Inmigrantes en una Comunidad Latina Organizing in the Fruitvale: Tenant and Immigrant Rights in a Predominantly Latino Community is an interactive mapping report documenting the struggles of immigrant Latino tenants in Oakland to end poverty, oppression, racism, sexism and gentrification. The report includes Fruitvale demographic information, maps and infographics and serves as a CJJC member recruitment tool in Fruitvale.