Meet Us
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Estructura organizativa
+La estructura de FCCAN consiste en una junta directiva, el coordinador de personal, afiliados y voluntarios dedicados.
+ +La junta directiva es responsable de la supervisión general, la formulación de políticas y la recaudación de fondos. El coordinador gestiona a los pasantes y voluntarios, administra las actividades diarias, lidera las iniciativas de redacción de subvenciones y otras actividades de recaudación de fondos y coordina el trabajo de los afiliados. FCCAN en su conjunto tiene alrededor de 50 voluntarios activos que generalmente son miembros de la comunidad local, activistas y estudiantes.
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Litzy Lastra
+FCCAN Community Organizer
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Litzy got to Fort Collins when she was only three years old and has lived here since. She is a proud queer Latina, daughter of immigrant parents and a cat mom. She is a third year student at Colorado State University studying Family and Consumer Sciences with a concentration in Education. Her life goal is to make the world a better place for future generations to grow in and experience. She knows that changing the whole world is hard but as long as she can change someone’s world at a time it can make a difference. She aspires to be a high school teacher and hopes to bring social justice into her classroom creating a safe second home for all her students. She is a big fan of traveling and meeting new people wherever she goes, her dream is to one day visit Spain. When she isn’t working or doing homework you can find her taking a long nap, playing with her cat or being around her loved ones.
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Rachel Selby
+Intern
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My name is Rachel (she/they), and I’m working toward my graduate degree in social work at CSU. I am thrilled to be completing my internship with FCCAN these next few semesters and learning just how the power of community can advance social justice. When I’m not working on schoolwork, I enjoy tending my garden, taking sunny walks with my dog, eating all the vegan desserts, reading books in my hammock, smooshing my four cats, caring for my 100+ houseplants, taking pottery classes, and spending time with my friends, partner, and family.
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Shirley Man-kin Leung
+FCCAN Coordinator
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Shirley identifies as a queer, asian-american woman of color. She works as a community organizer with the Fort Collins Community Action Network and as a yoga teacher. Shirley spends a lot of her time desperately trying to meld together two separate worlds- the body work/spiritual realm and social movement organizing. She’s combining her skills and knowledge from ethnic studies, women and gender studies and community organizing with her deepest passion (meditation, buddhism and yoga) to try to create something that can be transformative, healing and (gasp) pleasurable for her community. She is also prone to making poor jokes while traversing the rigors of being an organizer in a place like Fort Collins. When not being self- referential in a bio, you can find her playing with her dogs, biking around town, dancing, or reading a book.
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Yurixhi Toro River
+Fuerza Latina Community Organizer
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Yurixhi was born and raised in Greeley Colorado. She graduated from Colorado State University in 2021 earning a bachelor’s degree in Ethnic Studies and minor in legal studies. Her hobbies are spending time with loved ones, being in nature, boxing, fashion, and self-improvement. As a child, she observed her family members navigate the complex immigration system and always questioned the structures in place that affected our communities. The passion for empowering our communities inspired her academic and career trajectory. She believes it is essential to understand the way particular structures leave a lasting impact and to promote fair and equitable rights for underrepresented communities. She is beyond excited to be Fuerza Latina’s community organizer and collaborate in developing strategies that build power for our community members with our principle goal of protecting and promoting immigrant rights.
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