Pronouns: She/Her
Judith (she/her) joins the Chinook Fund team as the new Grants Manager, where she will support applicants and grantees in our funding process as well as increase capacity to build and promote resources for grantee partners. Judith participated with Chinook Fund in 2010 on the Grant Making Committee, experiencing firsthand the transformative power of community-led grantmaking, and working as a community organizer with groups funded by Chinook Fund. Judith was an essential part of launching the Another World is Possible Fund, serving as a key member of that grantmaking collective. Her leadership as a community organizer includes being a part of the legacy of Women of Color that spearheaded the win for a comprehensive paid family and medical leave program in Colorado.
Judith is the daughter of Mexican immigrant parents and roots her work in her family’s and community’s struggle for justice. For the past decade, she has served on the front lines as a community organizer in the Denver Metro Area, the larger Colorado community as well as on the national front. She led and engaged in campaigns to stop the deportation of a community leader as well as direct actions to recuperate stolen wages for workers and address our racist and unequal tax systems that benefit corporations and the wealthy.
Judith is excited to continue to support the social justice ecosystem in the state via the efforts of the Chinook Fund. She is passionate about bringing an anti-oppression and intersectional frame into her work, recognizing that all of our struggles are intimately connected and our liberation is bound to each other.
In her free time, Judith enjoys spending time with her loved ones, caring for her niblings, attending arts/cultural events, and experiencing the outdoor beauty of Colorado.