Learn how two great projects are empowering community-based organizations to become better recyclers and environmental promoters. They will talk about a partnership between Washington County, Centro Cultural, and Metro to have community members take a community-designed Master Recycler class and form a group of Latino Environmental Promoters.
The session will also discuss how Trash for Peace and Metro implement their Environmental Promoters program by training and hiring residents that live on multifamily housing sites in Multnomah County. The session will also cover how both provide outreach, engagement, and implementation of their programs, involving environmental justice.
Laura Kutner (she, her, hers) was born and raised in Portland, OR. She is a Peace Corps alumna and has her BA in Anthropology and Spanish from UCSB and her Masters in Public Administration from Portland State University. Her Peace Corps experience...
Director of Community Partnerships & Advocacy, Centro Cultural de Washington County
Mariana E. Valenzuela Figueroa was born in La Serena, Chile, and has lived in the State of Oregon since 2001. She received her M.B.A. from Pacific University, as well as a B.A. in Latin American Studies, M.A in Literature from New Mexico State...
Environmental Promoters Coordinator, Centro Cultural
Hello, my name is Sergio Garcia and I am an environmental promoters coordinator of Washington County's Cultural Center in Cornelius as well as a recycling expert, applying the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle). Rules which are very important in...
Sustainability Education Coordinator, Trash for Peace
Katheryn Marshall originally got involved with Trash for Peace by volunteering during our weekly after school programming with youth. She then joined the team as an Environmental Promoter in 2019, as is now serving as Trash for Peace's...
Environmental Promoter Program Manager, Trash for Peace
Alondra Flores Aviña is Trash for Peace’s Environmental Promoter Program Manager. She was born in San Quintin, Baja California and came to the United States at the age of five and now resides in Southeast Portland. She earned her Associate of...
Environmental Promoter Coordinator, Trash for Peace
Hi my name is Isaiah Talton and I am an Environmental promoter coordinator working through an non-profit organization called Trash for Peace. I work on multi-family housing sites to promote environmental sustainability in creative ways. One of the...
Darwin is driven to serve others through his belief in the power of education and social justice. At the age of five, Darwin and his family emigrated from Nicaragua, fleeing the Contra War and leaving behind relatives, professions, and belongings....
Bilingual Community Outreach Specialist, Washington County
After spending many years in the automotive industry, Ricardo pursued advanced degrees in the field of education as he made a career change into primary and secondary public education with emphasis in technology. As a parent, he saw the need for...
Program Education and Communication Specialist, Washington County
Eva Aguilar is a bilingual (English & Spanish) Program Education and Communication Specialist with the Solid Waste and Recycling Division in Washington County. Eva combines her background and experience gained from living and working in the US and...