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I® �� EL CENTRO CULTURAL s DE MEXICO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Benjamin Vazquez, Chair, UCLA graduate with a Masters of Education in Urban Teaching, 2016; 11 years as a teacher SAUSD, World History and Ethnic Studies; McCarthy Dressman foundation Award winner, $30K. Benjamin first came to el Centro when it was housed on Broadway and 5t� Street and he soon created a class for local youth to participate in the community. Since then he has served as an art teacher at El Centro for three years; organized Noche de Altares, Orange County's largest free Day of the Dead celebration for 8 years; and served as the Barrio Writers Director for a year, and as an advisor for 3 years. Carolina Socorro Sarmiento, UCLA graduate with a Masters in Urban Planning from UCI and a PhD in urban Planning, from UCLA. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Civil Society and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Carolina's mother was the founder of el Centro, but she became increasingly involved in 2002 when the first community center opened. Since then, she has formed part of the Frente of el Centro, linking cultural work to social justice. Crystal Gonzalez Crystal Gonzalez is an experienced educator and community organizer. She holds a Masters degree in Education and a teaching credential from the University of California, Irvine. Crystal specializes in curriculum development that supports individual and neighborhood transformation. She is currently Program Director for The American Friends Service Committee's Roots for Peace Program in Los Angeles. Crystal first met El Centro Cultural de Mexico as a volunteer in 2003. She came through MEChA de UCI's Escuelita program. She has since participated as an after school youth mentor, children's Son Jarocho music teacher, and cultural arts performance Coordinator Elisabeth Le Guin Elisabeth is a performer, musicologist and professor at UCLA. Elisabeth has taught at UCLA since 1997 with a particular focus on undergraduate advising, the teaching of writing, international education, and the integration of performance with scholarship. Elisabetb joined el Centro through son jaroeho and soon became a tallerista, or son Jarocho student. Today, Elisabeth, continues to participate in the son jmrocho classes, and provides musical theory classes for free at el Centro. Jose Manuel Cuevas Manny is a senior operations manager at CoreLogic a leading provide of customer, financial and property information, analytics and services to business and government. Responsible for providing technical expertise and leadership across broad range of CoreLogic engagements that span data warehousing, transactional processing, performance excellence and Big Data. Manny is member of the Orange County Business Intelligence group and also member of the Orange County CERT Mutual Aid Program. Manny joined el Centura through Son Jarocho workshops. Yuriana Velasco Yuriana was born in Oaxaca, raised in Westminster, CA, and have been living in Santa Ana for the past ten years. She is a Spanish high school teacher in Huntington Beach, where also serves as the adviser for the new ballet folkbrico club at her current site. She has been part of the son jarocho program at El Centro Cultural de Mexico for the past ten years, where she has also been an active volunteer.