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Ms. Rios has a BA in Psychology and a Juris Doctorate degree and serves as a board member for the Santa Ana Federal Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial institution that serves the Santa Ana community with low-cost banking services. Chief Operations Officer, Alicia Rodriguez has a BA in International Studies/Political Science and an MS in Global Health Sciences. She has been with Delhi Center for over 3 years and is currently the business manager who oversees financial management and organizational accountability of the center. She has expertise in budgeting, program evaluation, community engagement, and compliance with government regulations. Ms. Rodriguez is also experienced in staff supervision and evaluation, developing and managing goals and objectives, documenting and tracking outcomes, and human resource management. Board President, Dr. Rigo Rodriguez was the youngest of thirteen children in a Mexican farmworker family. He experienced many struggles in his journey to become the college professor he is today. Other board members have similar backgrounds. Jose Perez grew up in a family of eight with first generation immigrant parents of humble means. He retired from the City of Santa Ana Parks and Recreation where he worked for 36 years and is now retired but continues to volunteer in Santa Ana. Juanita Hernandez has been a Santa Ana resident since 1998 and was very involved as a parent leader at her children's schools for many years. Jessica Gutierrez grew up in Santa Ana and has worked with under -represented, low income communities and has been a mentor and volunteer for many years. Yvette Gutierrez was born and raised in Santa Ana and has a law firm in Santa Ana that serves primarily monolingual Spanish speakers with their immigration needs. Bob Silva served the Santa Ana community for over 40 years as a teacher, principal and volunteer. He was instrumental in working with resident leaders and city officials to fund and build Delhi Center at its current location. Delhi Center staff includes nine female and four male employees, all of which are Hispanic and bilingual in English and Spanish. Staff ages range from early twenties to over sixty and offer a wide range of experiences, skills, and talents. The younger staff are more tech savvy and the more mature staff have extensive experience that is used to guide and mentor the younger staff. The CEO recognizes the talents of each staff member and assigns tasks based on those strengths and helps build skills around weaker areas. Some staff started as interns and volunteers when they were teens or in college and some were actually clients and/or program participants and received services at Delhi Center before becoming involved as volunteers and then being hired on a part-time basis and then promoting up to full time.