STAFF MEMBERS
Mimi Madrid
Executive Director
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Mimi Madrid (he/they/she) is a mexica chicanx queer two-spirit writer, multimedia-maker, organizer and tio. Mimi’s family roots start in Northern Mexico in the states of Chihuahua y Durango—homelands of her grandmas Dolores Puga y Rosa Torres. Mimi was born in El Paso, Texas and raised in so-called Denver, Colorado—the ancestral lands of the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho people.
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Mimi's worked more than a decade in reproductive justice, youth leadership and LGBTQ+ liberation movements. Mimi’s focus is the development, implementation, and evaluation of cultural, wellness, and safety community programs, events, and curriculum. He’s worked with organizations around Denver that center LGBTQ folks, indigenous young people, survivors of violence, immigrant families, and communities of color.
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"I believe in the power of youth, elimination of borders, popular education, all forms of art expression, intergenerational healing and learning, swaying on the continuums of gender expression, identity, and orientation, singing out-loud, leaving to come back, dancing in revolution, and sana-sana-colita-de-rana."
Nez Gonzalez
Community Workshop Facilitator
Nez Gonzalez (he/him) is co-founder of Fortaleza Familiar and now serves as Community Workshop Facilitator.
Nez shares expertise and organizing for trans student rights in Denver high schools. He has experience creating workshops designed to educate on queer and racial identities for both youth and their families.
"My hope is that we’re able to create loving communities where we’re free to be our queer indigenous selves."
pam reséndiz trujano
Director of Organizational Growth & Culture
pam (they/them/elle) is a queer, non-binary, artist and organizer originally from Mexico City, Mexico who grew up undocumented in the suburbs outside of Dallas, Texas. They became heavily involved in the movement after being detained and placed in deportation proceedings in March 2010.
For the past 13 years they have been organizing and building community around the intersectional identities and themes of immigration, workers rights, lgbtqia+ rights, youth leadership and their indigenous roots.
pam’s advocacy journey began by the experiences and teachings of their parents and community.
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"My hope for collective queer liberation comes with the abolishing of the systems and ways that have oppressed and marginalized our communities. I will help co-create and building spaces to re-indigenize our ways. "
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Ruby Sofia Lopez
Outdoor Programs Manager
Ruby Sofia Lopez is a rising leader in Colorado’s social justice ecosystem, boasting over 7 years of experience advocating for systematically excluded communities. Hailing from the city of Chicago, Ruby's upbringing in a predominantly Mexican neighborhood, coupled with her immigrant family roots, laid the foundation for her unwavering commitment to serving marginalized groups. Her career began on the south side of Chicago, where she first immersed herself in efforts to uplift those facing systemic barriers.
Throughout her career, Ruby has championed the causes of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities, recognizing the transformative power of community, nature, joy, and art in addressing the traumas of oppression. As a vocal advocate for Queer and Transgender People of Color (QTPOC), Ruby has carved out spaces for these communities to come together in both celebration and solidarity.