Community Engagement

Recipient, 2024 Erie Outstanding Resident Award

Providing community support through time, talent, and treasure:

Community Roles

  • Vice-Chair, Erie Planning Commissioner
  • Former Chair, Erie Open Space, Trails, and Parks Advisory Board
  • Member, Erie Home Rule Commission
  • Member, Erie Housing Partnership

Non-Profit Boards

  • Board President, Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley
  • Board Member, Emergency Family Assistance Association
  • Board Treasurer, Boulder Area Sanctuary and Immigration Coalition
  • Board Member, Friends of the Longmont Museum
  • Member, Together Colorado Boulder County Organizing Committee
  • Member, Being Better Neighbors Executive Committee

Community Events

  • Bringing Erie Together – Stories of Our Grandparents, Stories of Unexpected Kindness
  • Boulder Philharmonic Ensemble concerts at the Erie Community Center and the Erie Library
  • Event Organizer, 2026 Erie Pride, Juneteenth, and Erie Fest Festivals
  • Event Organizer, 2025 Erie Pride and Erie Fest Festivals
  • Event Organizer, 2024 Erie Pride, Juneteenth, and Hispanic Heritage Festivals
  • Longmont Day of the Dead Festival
  • Strings Through Generations Concert

Community Service

  • Teaching life skills to Veterans at the Veterans Community Project
  • Presented How to be a Philanthropist talk to students at Red Hawk Elementary School
  • Sharing booth space with local Non-Profits at 2026 Erie Pride and Erie Fest Festivals
  • Coordinated Old Town Erie Home Repair Needs Assessment with Residents

Community Giving

  • Town of Erie Cultural Arts
  • Erie Community Food Pantry
  • Erie Uplink
  • Being Better Neighbors
  • Sister Carmen
  • Emergency Family Assistance Association
  • Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley
  • The P.L.A.Y. Education Corporation
  • Boulder Area Sanctuary and Immigration Coalition
  • Rocky Mountain Equality
  • Cellists for Change
  • Cultural Caravan
  • Early Childhood Council of Boulder County
  • Motus Theater
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
  • El Comite
  • Rise Against Suicide
  • Veterans Community Project