CHRIS BACA
Capacity Building
Project Manager
Chris believes every young person has power to make change in community and the success of youth translates to the success of the community. He believes successful youth-led programming is grounded in a racial and gender justice.
LUIS COLUNGA
Leadership & MC:ID
Lead Youth Organizer
Luis graduated Valley High in 2016 and studies at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM). He has been a youth organizer with various community organizations. Luis is passionate about creating and finding self, he leads the cooking cohort.
JALIL DAUGHTERY
Healthy & Healing Justice
Youth Organizer
Jalil just graduated from West Mesa HS and he is supporting the art making cohort as part of the Mayor's Creative Youth Corps.
MAHDI HOSSAINI
Leadership & MC:ID
Lead Youth Organizers
Mahdi just graduated from Highland HS and will be attending UNM in the fall. Originally from Afghanistan, he migrated to the US from Turkey. Mahdi has played a critical role with reaching refugee young men and families. He also serves on the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council (MYAC). As a champion martial artist his nickname at T4B is "Ninja."
CHRISTOPHER RAMIREZ
Capacity Building
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Christopher brings an extensive amount of community organizing, strategic planning, consultation and organizational management. Building power w/ YMOC and making space at decision making tables is a core value he lifts up at T4B.
EBUELA SHINDANO
Leadership
Youth Consultant
Ebuela just graduated from Highland HS and has previously participated with T4B in summer 2018, fall 2018 and winter 2019. He is joining us to help with the Swahili speaking circle of the Leadership/Multilingual Cohort. Ebuela is also participating for T4B with the Anti-Racism Youth Leadership Institute (AYLI).
XAVIER BARRAZA
Health and Healing Justice & MC:ID
Co-Founder & Program Coordinator
Xavier has nine years of experiential learning and program management. For the past five years he's focused on organizational development for grassroots and federal agencies with an emphasis on democratizing decision making and intergenerational learning.
BARUCH CAMPOS
Leadership & MC:ID
Program Coordinator
Baruch brings seven years of organizing experience around violence prevention and youth-led programming. An artist at heart, Baruch has integrated art making as a core value at T4B. He is also participating for T4B with the Anti-Racism Youth Leadership Institute (AYLI).
CJ CUSHMAN
Civic Engagement
Youth Organizer
CJ is an 8th grader at Hoover MS and has participated with T4B since Winter 2020. He believed T4B can help him with his goals of being college ready and eradicating racism. He is supporting the civic engagement cohort as part of the Mayor's Creative Youth Corps.
DIEGO GARCIA
Health and Healing Justice
Lead Youth Organizer
Diego is going into his senior year at Atrisco Heritage Academy High School. He's been working with T4B for going on four years since he was in eighth grade. Diego leads the art making cohort in Westgate.
KALEB HASWOOD
Leadership & MC:ID
Youth Organizer
Kaleb is Diné and attends Native American Community Academy (NACA). He was most excited this summer to work with T4B and learn about bicycling and decolonizing his diet. Kaleb wants to continue working on his public speaking skills and learn more about community and transit equity.
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MANUEL LOPEZ
Capacity Building
Project Manager
Manny has a background in administration and project management. Along with supporting community initiatives he his forwarding his career as an actor in the NM film industry.
JONATHAN SALAZAR
Civic Engagement
Lead Youth Organizer
Leadership
Youth Consultant
Jonathan attended Atrisco Heritage Academy HS, Duke University and Yale University. Jonathan participated with T4B in summer 2019. He is joining T4B to help with the Spanish speaking circle of the Leadership/Multilingual Cohort and lead the Civic Engagement cohort.