Esperanza is a daughter of East Oakland, California, and Black activist parents. She is the first woman of color to lead a 501c3, 501c4, and PAC collaborative civic engagement formation focused on mobilizing progressive voters of color in the United States and has built a solid reputation as a savvy electoral strategist, seasoned political organizer, and civic engagement innovator.  After working in philanthropy as the Chief Strategic Officer for the Groundswell Fund, where she developed and led a $5.4M capacity building program for reproductive justice organizations across the country, she decided her leadership was better served at the intersection of social justice and electoral power building and philanthropy.

 

Esperanza serves on the boards of several social justice centers. Currently she is the co-chair of Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation and board member of Black Futures Lab and Seeding Justice. Esperanza lives in Bend with her amazing son, Santiago.